Niaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-AH-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Niaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Niaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nia or Naya
Is Niaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Niaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Niaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Niaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Niaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zaniya, Jaliyah, Aliya, Safiya, Naziyah, Samira, Safa, Zariya, Naliyah
Names related to Niaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Niaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niaya, updated 20 October 2026.