Nila
Girl · NEE-la · Tamil
Nila is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 1,747th for girls in the US (116 babies).
What does Nila mean?
Tamil: Tamil word for moon; also Sanskrit nila, dark blue
“moon”
In Tamil nila means moon, while the similar Sanskrit word nila means dark blue.
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Is Nila a girl's or a boy's name?
Nila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 116 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #643among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Nila, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th.
2025 had the most girls named Nila of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were given Nila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #531, up from #643 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 610th in England and Wales.
Nila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #643 |
| 2024 | 48 | #826 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 51 | #772 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,747among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were named Nila, making it the 1,747th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the girls named Nila in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 girls in the US were given Nila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,024, up from #1,747 for this spelling alone.
Nila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,747 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,676 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,506 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,851 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,717 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,686 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,880 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,731 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,353 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 71 | #1,259 |
| 1957 | 75 | #1,219 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,065 |
| 1955 | 79 | #1,117 |
| 1954 | 95 | #999 |
| 1953 | 98 | #953 |
| 1952 | 83 | #1,027 |
| 1951 | 101 | #907 |
| 1950 | 78 | #1,033 |
| 1949 | 93 | #917 |
| 1948 | 78 | #986 |
| 1947 | 78 | #1,002 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 72 | #889 |
| 1944 | 72 | #900 |
| 1943 | 92 | #801 |
| 1942 | 106 | #725 |
| 1941 | 92 | #741 |
| 1940 | 85 | #752 |
| 1939 | 103 | #668 |
| 1938 | 87 | #737 |
| 1937 | 86 | #726 |
| 1936 | 101 | #657 |
| 1935 | 128 | #565 |
| 1934 | 118 | #607 |
| 1933 | 94 | #672 |
| 1932 | 73 | #795 |
| 1931 | 68 | #830 |
| 1930 | 86 | #755 |
| 1929 | 88 | #746 |
| 1928 | 72 | #854 |
| 1927 | 86 | #783 |
| 1926 | 68 | #903 |
| 1925 | 66 | #913 |
| 1924 | 73 | #880 |
| 1923 | 73 | #859 |
| 1922 | 64 | #917 |
| 1921 | 61 | #946 |
| 1920 | 62 | #921 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,054 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1915 | 43 | #1,012 |
| 1914 | 38 | #956 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,120 |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,117 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 21 | #941 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 14 | #965 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
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