Niala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-AH-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Niala is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Niala come from?
Modern: spelling of Nialah; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nia or Naila
Meaning borrowed from Nialah.
Is Niala a girl's or a boy's name?
Niala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Niala, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Niala in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Names like Niala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Daleyza, Nevaeh, Lyanna, Briella, Avianna, Ailany, Amora, Alara, Ailana, Zayla, Xyla
Names related to Niala
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Niala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niala, updated 20 October 2026.