girl's name

Nilaja

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 66

Nilaja is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Nilaja over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

19
'70 '90 '00
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Births named Nilaja by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 15
1990s 17
2000s (to 2008) 19

How popular is Nilaja?

In 2008, Nilaja was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Nilaja is used

France #6,201 5 in 2023
United States #14,262 7 in 2008

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 Nilaja

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

Parents who like Nilaja also like

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

Sibling names for Nilaja

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

Common questions about Nilaja

How popular is the name Nilaja?

In 2008, Nilaja was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Nilaja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nilaja most popular?

Nilaja peaked in 1991, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.