girl's name

Niaya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 217

Niaya is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1998, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Niaya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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Births named Niaya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 89
2000s 101
2010s (to 2014) 19

How popular is Niaya?

In 2014, Niaya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Niaya is used

England & Wales #6,785 3 in 2009
United States #18,178 5 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Niaya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Niaya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Niaya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Niaya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Niaya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Niaya

How popular is the name Niaya?

In 2014, Niaya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Niaya a girl's or a boy's name?

Niaya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Niaya most popular?

Niaya peaked in 1998, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.