Niyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Niyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Niyla come from?
Modern: spelling of Niylah, itself a spelling of Nyla; also a character in the TV series The 100
Meaning borrowed from Niylah.
Is Niyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Niyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niyla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
Niyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Niyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Niyla, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Niyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Niyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Niyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Niyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayra, Rahma, Zainab, Abeeha, Aiza, Ayah, Nusaybah, Huda, Ayla
Other spellings of Niyla
Names related to Niyla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Niyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niyla, updated 20 October 2026.