How rare is the name Nya?

5,258 people in the United States have the first name Nya, about 1 in 57,442. It ranks #3,775 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NYA

#3,775

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,258
About
1 in 57,442
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,258 people named Nya, 52.8% reported their origin as Black, 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.5% as White. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nya peaked in 2001, when 408 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
408
In 2025*
62 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,006 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,519. The largest share of babies named Nya, 65.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#11,17258
1980s#9,266113
1990s#3,561658
2000s#1,5193,029
2010s#2,5821,581
2020s#3,689567
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–965.8%
Generation Z 1997–1265.6%
2013 and later27.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nya has been most common in Florida (2.6×), Maryland (2.5×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.43×).

4,178 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nya

1 other first name also has 5,258 people.

#3,775 Abe · 5,258

Either side of Nya

#3,774 Tye · 5,259#3,775 Abe · 5,258#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253#3,777 Ricki · 5,253

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nya, most common first.

#4,290 Nyah · 4,427#15,579 Ny · 736#16,177 Nyia · 702#30,168 Nye · 290#38,539 Nyi · 199

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