Nyima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NYEE-ma
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Nyima is a girls' name, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Nyima mean?
Tibetan and Sherpa nyima
“sun”
In Tibetan, nyima also names Sunday, so it is often given to children born that day.
Is Nyima a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nyima, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nyima than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nyima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nyima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Nyima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nyima, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nyima in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Nyima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Nyima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyima, updated 20 October 2026.