Nia Girl
How popular is Nia?
#702 girl name in 2025
403 baby girls were named Nia in the US in 2025, making it the 702nd most popular girl name.
Nia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #702 for girls (▼ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 403 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #442 in 2015, #494 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (1,033 girls) |
| Highest rank | #307 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nia family of names ranked #508 for girls in 2025 (#446 the year before), with 569 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nia is most popular
Babies named Nia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 0.6 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Delaware: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Nia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #4,653 |
| 1960s | 85 | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 788 | #672 |
| 1980s | 1,198 | #941 |
| 1990s | 5,283 | #330 |
| 2000s | 8,571 | #307 |
| 2010s | 6,546 | #438 |
| 2020s | 2,932 | #494 |
Girl names about as popular as Nia
Questions
- Is Nia a boy or girl name?
- Nia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nia were girls.
- How popular is the name Nia?
- 403 baby girls were named Nia in the US in 2025, making it the 702nd most popular girl name.
- When was Nia most popular?
- Nia peaked in 2000, when 1,033 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #307 in 2000.
- How many people are named Nia?
- 25,432 babies have been named Nia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,138 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Nia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nia was most common in Connecticut, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.