Nya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Nya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
Where does Nya come from?
May be a spelling of Nia or Nyah
Is Nya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Nya, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 43 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Nya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the UK were given Nya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #329, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Nya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 43 | #892 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Nya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,751among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Nya, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,883rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 408 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nya than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 649 girls in the US were given Nya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #489, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
Nya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,793 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,883 |
| 2019 | 135 | #1,581 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,598 |
| 2015 | 189 | #1,284 |
| 2014 | 195 | #1,244 |
| 2013 | 174 | #1,338 |
| 2012 | 196 | #1,237 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2010 | 170 | #1,367 |
| 2009 | 186 | #1,301 |
| 2008 | 221 | #1,160 |
| 2007 | 248 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 272 | #961 |
| 2005 | 275 | #909 |
| 2004 | 355 | #740 |
| 2003 | 375 | #697 |
| 2002 | 397 | #640 |
| 2001 | 408 | #614 |
| 2000 | 292 | #785 |
| 1999 | 207 | #989 |
| 1998 | 127 | #1,361 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Nya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Navya Anya Anaya Prisha Raya Maya Aarya Aadhya Hana Kavya Aavya
Other spellings of Nya
Names related to Nya
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, “Nya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nya, updated 20 October 2026.