Nya Girl
How popular is Nya?
#2,751 girl name in 2025
62 baby girls were named Nya in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
Nya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,751 for girls (▼ 698 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 62 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,284 in 2015, #1,883 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (408 girls) |
| Highest rank | #614 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nya 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 Nya is most popular
Babies named Nya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Nya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 | #4,852 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,326 |
| 1990s | 658 | #989 |
| 2000s | 3,029 | #614 |
| 2010s | 1,581 | #1,237 |
| 2020s | 567 | #1,793 |
Girl names about as popular as Nya
Questions
- Is Nya a boy or girl name?
- Nya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nya were girls.
- How popular is the name Nya?
- 62 baby girls were named Nya in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
- When was Nya most popular?
- Nya peaked in 2001, when 408 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #614 in 2001.
- How many people are named Nya?
- 6,006 babies have been named Nya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,950 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Nya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nya was most common in Nevada, at 0.1 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.