Nymeria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ny-MEER-ee-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Nymeria is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Nymeria mean?
Modern: invented by George R. R. Martin for A Song of Ice and Fire
In Game of Thrones, Nymeria is Arya Stark's direwolf, named after a legendary warrior queen of the Rhoynar.
Is Nymeria a girl's or a boy's name?
Nymeria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nymeria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Nymeria, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer girls named Nymeria than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nymeria in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nymeria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Nymeria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analeia, Cataleya, Analia, Amoura, Avianna, Magnolia, Daleyza, Alaia, Wrenley, Oaklynn, Aubriella, Amaria
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, 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, “Nymeria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nymeria, updated 20 October 2026.