Niyla
Niyla was the 6271st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 3632nd with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,445 places. More babies were named Niyla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,271 girls, down 2,133 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201244 babies
- Total since 1880
- 582babies recorded
Niyla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,271 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,138 | 34 |
| 2010 | #5,743 | 24 |
| 2000 | #14,512 | 6 |
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How popular is Niyla, counting every spelling?
Niyla is a spelling of Niylah, a name family that had 46 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niylah | 27 | #4,956 | 192 |
| Niyla | 19 | #6,271 | 90 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Niyla?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Niyla (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Niyla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Niyla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Niyla?
About 600 people born in the US named Niyla are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 16. That makes Niyla a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Niyla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Niyla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Niyla
How popular is the name Niyla?
Niyla was the 6271st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 3632nd with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,445 places. More babies were named Niyla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Niyla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Niyla in the US.