Niya Girl
How popular is Niya?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Niya in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
Niya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▼ 389 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,719 in 2015, #1,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (211 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,013 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Niya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Niya family of names ranked #1,471 for girls in 2025 (#1,210 the year before), with 110 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Niya | 61 | 55% |
| Niyah | 49 | 45% |
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 Niya is most popular
Babies named Niya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Niya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 250 | #1,172 |
| 1980s | 371 | #1,568 |
| 1990s | 869 | #1,112 |
| 2000s | 1,684 | #1,013 |
| 2010s | 1,059 | #1,705 |
| 2020s | 557 | #1,616 |
Girl names about as popular as Niya
Questions
- Is Niya a boy or girl name?
- Niya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Niya were girls.
- How popular is the name Niya?
- 61 baby girls were named Niya in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
- When was Niya most popular?
- Niya peaked in 2001, when 211 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,013 in 2001.
- How many people are named Niya?
- 4,790 babies have been named Niya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,730 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Niya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Niya 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.