Nilsa
Girl · NEEL-sa
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Nilsa is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Nilsa come from?
Used mainly in Puerto Rico; possibly a feminine of Nils
- Say it
- NEEL-sa
Is Nilsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nilsa 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 Nilsa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 girls.
Nilsa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
How popular is Nilsa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Nilsa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Nilsa in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nilsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 44 | #1,931 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,591 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,428 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,403 |
| 1965 | 56 | #1,489 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,578 |
| 1963 | 66 | #1,361 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,332 |
| 1961 | 63 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,252 |
| 1959 | 70 | #1,280 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,343 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,490 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Names like Nilsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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