Nyla
Nyla was the 236th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,315 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 227th; the most babies were born in 2024 (1,344). Over the last ten years it has moved up 90 places. More babies were named Nyla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it NY-luh /ˈnaɪlə/
- Rank in 2025
- #236 girls, up 11 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,315girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20241,344 babies
- Total since 1880
- 27,714babies recorded
What does the name Nyla mean?
Nyla is a modern girl's name without a documented etymology. Wiktionary records it only as a female given name, and Wikipedia's entry is about a Jamaican singer who uses Nyla as a stage name for her real name, Nailah. It may be a spelling of Nailah or Naila, Arabic names, or a blend modeled on names like Lyla and Myla, but we found no dictionary source to settle it.
How sure is this? Not documented. No documented origin; possibly a form of Nailah or a modern blend.
Related names: Nylah, Naila, Nailah, Lyla.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Nyla', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Nyla', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nyla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #236 | 1,315 |
| 2020 | #247 | 1,213 |
| 2010 | #405 | 791 |
| 2000 | #1,033 | 204 |
| 1990 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1980 | #4,260 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,560 | 29 |
| 1960 | #1,741 | 43 |
| 1950 | #1,446 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,019 | 50 |
| 1930 | #1,648 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,846 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nyla, counting every spelling?
Nyla is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #182 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #236 for Nyla on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,913 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyla | 1,315 | #236 | 6,490 |
| Nylah | 590 | #504 | 3,615 |
| Nylaa | 8 | #11,657 | 42 |
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 Nyla?
1,315 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nyla (0.36 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nyla 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 6 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nyla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nyla?
About 26,500 people born in the US named Nyla are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Nyla 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.
Nyla by state
How common Nyla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Delaware (3.5×), Mississippi (2.6×), Maryland (2.3×), Georgia (2.1×), Connecticut (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nyla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nyla, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Nyla · Sibling names for Nyla
Questions about the name Nyla
How popular is the name Nyla?
Nyla was the 236th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,315 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 227th; the most babies were born in 2024 (1,344). Over the last ten years it has moved up 90 places. More babies were named Nyla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nyla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nyla in the US.
Where is Nyla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nyla was most common in Delaware (2.82 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Maryland.