Niang
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NYAHNG
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Niang is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Niang come from?
Uncertain; used in Chin (Myanmar), Chinese and West African communities
Is Niang a girl's or a boy's name?
Niang is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niang in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Niang, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Niang in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niang in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Niang
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kyomi Rumi Ainhoa Miyori Yuna Koi Jream Wren Reign Zhuri Kiyomi
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, “Niang: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niang, updated 20 October 2026.