Nila Girl
How popular is Nila?
#1,747 girl name in 2025
116 baby girls were named Nila in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
Nila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,747 for girls (▼ 71 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 116 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,778 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (144 girls) |
| Highest rank | #565 in 1935 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nyla family of names ranked #163 for girls in 2025 (#160 the year before), with 2,061 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 Nila is most popular
Babies named Nila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Nila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 59 | #943 |
| 1900s | 96 | #939 |
| 1910s | 347 | #941 |
| 1920s | 713 | #746 |
| 1930s | 944 | #565 |
| 1940s | 854 | #725 |
| 1950s | 833 | #907 |
| 1960s | 377 | #1,353 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,523 |
| 1980s | 174 | #3,343 |
| 1990s | 219 | #3,242 |
| 2000s | 554 | #2,337 |
| 2010s | 1,063 | #1,679 |
| 2020s | 703 | #1,506 |
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Questions
- Is Nila a boy or girl name?
- Nila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nila were girls.
- How popular is the name Nila?
- 116 baby girls were named Nila in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
- When was Nila most popular?
- Nila peaked in 2022, when 144 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #565 in 1935.
- How many people are named Nila?
- 7,136 babies have been named Nila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,705 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Nila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nila was most common in California, 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.