Nyala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-AH-lah
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Nyala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Nyala come from?
Perhaps from nyala, a southern African antelope, or Nya + -la
Is Nyala a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Nyala, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nyala than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Nyala in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Nicknames for Nyala
- Nya 17 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nyala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Amira, Nala, Nevaeh, Mckenna, Amara, Nalani, Sienna, Amaya, Layla, Nayla, Ayla
Names related to Nyala
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, “Nyala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyala, updated 20 October 2026.