Nyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Nyia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nyia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nia
Is Nyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nyia in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
Names like Nyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salma Zaira Aaliyah Jayla Summer Shayla Safa Ayla Zainab Maya Kaliyah Nia
Names related to Nyia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Nyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyia, updated 20 October 2026.