Nyela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ny-EL-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Nyela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Nyela come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly modelled on Nyla
Is Nyela a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nyela, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Nyela in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
Names like Nyela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kamora, Noa, Nyomi, Nevaeh, Kimora, Naylani, Amora, Ailany, Malani, Solana, Xyla
Names related to Nyela
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Nyela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyela, updated 20 October 2026.