How rare is the name Nyla?

16,496 people in the United States have the first name Nyla, about 1 in 18,309. It ranks #1,797 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NYLA

#1,797

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,496
About
1 in 18,309
This common or more
77.1%
Who bears it

Of the 16,496 people named Nyla, 57.1% reported their origin as Black, 17.9% as White and 12.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nyla peaked in 2024, when 1,344 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,344
In 2025*
1,315 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,714 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Nyla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #515. The largest share of babies named Nyla, 55.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,01747
1920s#3,062245
1930s#2,169371
1940s#2,026506
1950s#2,244570
1960s#3,699271
1970s#5,608186
1980s#6,707184
1990s#3,096800
2000s#8856,472
2010s#64110,359
2020s#5157,703
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–961.6%
Generation Z 1997–1235.1%
2013 and later55.3%

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 Nyla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nyla has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Georgia (2.3×), and Delaware (2.1×), and least common in West Virginia (0.17×).

24,550 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.

Either side of Nyla

#1,795 Suzette · 16,531#1,796 Amira · 16,499#1,798 Nathanael · 16,476#1,799 Mack · 16,474

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,067 Nylah · 7,211#9,241 Nyle · 1,519#32,550 Nylia · 258#33,489 Nyala · 247#36,519 Nyela · 217

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