Nila
#1,747 for girls in 2025, 116 births
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,136since 1890
Nila over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nila has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,747 | 116 |
| 2024 | #1,676 | 122 |
| 2023 | #1,922 | 103 |
| 2022 | #1,506 | 144 |
| 2021 | #1,851 | 108 |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 |
| 2019 | #1,679 | 125 |
| 2018 | #1,717 | 120 |
| 2017 | #1,686 | 127 |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 |
| 2015 | #1,778 | 117 |
| 2014 | #1,838 | 110 |
| 2013 | #1,880 | 107 |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 |
| 2011 | #2,103 | 91 |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 |
| 2009 | #2,338 | 83 |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 |
| 1958 | #1,260 | 71 |
| 1957 | #1,220 | 75 |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 |
| 1955 | #1,118 | 79 |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 |
| 1950 | #1,034 | 78 |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 |
| 1947 | #1,003 | 78 |
| 1946 | #897 | 86 |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 |
| 1943 | #801 | 92 |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 |
| 1941 | #741 | 92 |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 |
| 1939 | #668 | 103 |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 |
| 1937 | #726 | 86 |
| 1936 | #657 | 101 |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 |
| 1934 | #607 | 118 |
| 1933 | #672 | 94 |
| 1932 | #795 | 73 |
| 1931 | #830 | 68 |
| 1930 | #755 | 86 |
| 1929 | #746 | 88 |
| 1928 | #854 | 72 |
| 1927 | #783 | 86 |
| 1926 | #903 | 68 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 |
| 1923 | #859 | 73 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 |
| 1919 | #984 | 53 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 49 |
| 1917 | #1,054 | 45 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,117 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Nila! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nila is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Utah#187 · 1 in 907
- Kansas#215 · 1 in 1,401
- Indiana#278 · 1 in 2,742
- Michigan#498 · 1 in 8,407
- Ohio#501 · 1 in 8,563
Best ever in a state: #150 in Idaho, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #187 | 5 | 1 in 907 |
| Kansas | #215 | 10 | 1 in 1,401 |
| Indiana | #278 | 9 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Michigan | #498 | 5 | 1 in 8,407 |
| Ohio | #501 | 6 | 1 in 8,563 |
| Texas | #847 | 6 | 1 in 10,053 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 71 spots since 2024 (#1,676 → #1,747)
- 45 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #1,747)
- 31 spots since 2015 (#1,778 → #1,747)
- Biggest jump: 1,122 spots in 1908 (#2,061 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,420)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1935 at #565 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1919–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,192
- Highest: 1 in 8,192 girls born in 1935 were named Nila (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,856 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 14.9% of all girls named Nila (1,063) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 59 | #943 (1891) | #1,204 |
| 1900s | 96 | #939 (1908) | #1,362 |
| 1910s | 347 | #941 (1910) | #1,060 |
| 1920s | 713 | #746 (1929) | #872 |
| 1930s | 944 | #565 (1935) | #701 |
| 1940s | 854 | #725 (1942) | #861 |
| 1950s | 833 | #908 (1951) | #1,096 |
| 1960s | 377 | #1,354 (1960) | #2,020 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,523 (1972) | #3,462 |
| 1980s | 174 | #3,344 (1982) | #4,549 |
| 1990s | 219 | #3,245 (1999) | #5,306 |
| 2000s | 554 | #2,338 (2009) | #2,985 |
| 2010s | 1,063 | #1,679 (2019) | #1,939 |
| 2020s | 703 | #1,506 (2022) | #1,749 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nila in 1929
girls
#746
88 births · 1 in 12,688 girls
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 12,688 of them was named Nila, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).