Nya
#2,751 for girls in 2025, 62 births
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 408 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,006since 1970
Nya over time
Rank among girls' names. Nya has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,751 | 62 |
| 2024 | #2,053 | 94 |
| 2023 | #1,946 | 101 |
| 2022 | #1,793 | 114 |
| 2021 | #2,046 | 94 |
| 2020 | #1,883 | 102 |
| 2019 | #1,581 | 135 |
| 2018 | #1,727 | 119 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 |
| 2016 | #1,598 | 138 |
| 2015 | #1,284 | 189 |
| 2014 | #1,244 | 195 |
| 2013 | #1,338 | 174 |
| 2012 | #1,237 | 196 |
| 2011 | #1,540 | 142 |
| 2010 | #1,367 | 170 |
| 2009 | #1,301 | 186 |
| 2008 | #1,160 | 221 |
| 2007 | #1,057 | 248 |
| 2006 | #961 | 272 |
| 2005 | #909 | 275 |
| 2004 | #740 | 355 |
| 2003 | #697 | 375 |
| 2002 | #640 | 397 |
| 2001 | #614 | 408 |
| 2000 | #785 | 292 |
| 1999 | #991 | 207 |
| 1998 | #1,363 | 127 |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nya! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nya is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#712 · 1 in 3,366
- Indiana#920 · 1 in 5,049
- Georgia#1,178 · 1 in 6,864
- California#1,184 · 1 in 8,149
- Pennsylvania#1,261 · 1 in 8,642
Best ever in a state: #156 in District of Columbia, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #712 | 7 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Indiana | #920 | 6 | 1 in 5,049 |
| Georgia | #1,178 | 7 | 1 in 6,864 |
| California | #1,184 | 25 | 1 in 8,149 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,261 | 6 | 1 in 8,642 |
| Illinois | #1,607 | 5 | 1 in 11,525 |
| Florida | #1,813 | 6 | 1 in 14,451 |
| New York | #1,916 | 6 | 1 in 14,973 |
| Texas | #1,928 | 11 | 1 in 15,208 |
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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.
See more about Nya
- 698 spots since 2024 (#2,053 → #2,751)
- 868 spots since 2020 (#1,883 → #2,751)
- 1,467 spots since 2015 (#1,284 → #2,751)
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1999 (#1,363 → #991)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 2005 (#740 → #909)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2001 at #614 (408 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1999–2006
- Highest: 1 in 4,413 girls born in 2001 were named Nya (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,924 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.4% of all girls named Nya (3,029) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 | #4,854 (1975) | #7,380 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,351 |
| 1990s | 658 | #991 (1999) | #2,912 |
| 2000s | 3,029 | #614 (2001) | #886 |
| 2010s | 1,581 | #1,237 (2012) | #1,464 |
| 2020s | 567 | #1,793 (2022) | #2,079 |
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.
Nya in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 12,841 of them was named Nya, which outranked 91.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,590Everley139
- #1,590Kalina139
- #1,590Melinda139
- #1,598Nya138
- #1,598Harmonie138
- #1,598Khadijah138
- #1,598Loyalty138
- #1,605Dalila137
- #1,605Isadora137
- #1,605Jersey137
Tied with 6 names at #1,598; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.