Nysa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-sa
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nysa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nysa mean?
Greek: mythological place name
In Greek myth Nysa is the faraway mountain where nymphs raised the infant Dionysus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nysa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nysa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nysa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nysa, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Nysa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nysa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
Names like Nysa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zayla, Hafsa, Zaira, Salma, Zaya, Sama, Rahma, Ayra, Zahara, Zamira, Salem
Names related to Nysa
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Nysa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nysa, updated 20 October 2026.