Nyia
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #11,146
- Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
- Given to girls 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 671since 1976
Nyia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nyia has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
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| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
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| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
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| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Nyia! It came in at #5,215, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nyia is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nyia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nyia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1999 at #2,991 (44 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,314
- Highest: 1 in 40,314 girls born in 1999 were named Nyia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,108 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 43.7% of all girls named Nyia (293) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #5,215 (1976) | #6,432 |
| 1980s | 56 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,161 |
| 1990s | 218 | #2,991 (1999) | #5,402 |
| 2000s | 293 | #3,121 (2000) | #5,045 |
| 2010s | 73 | #8,632 (2012) | #12,359 |
| 2020s | 13 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,117 |
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.
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