Nia
Nia is ranked 672nd among girls in 2024 (428 births). Its best rank was 307th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #672down 34 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4280.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 20001,033 births
- Best rank
- #307in 2000
- Since 1951
- 25,013people given the name
The story in the numbers
25,013 girls have been named Nia in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,033 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 481 → 672).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 34%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2000, its biggest year
Nia was the 307th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Nia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delaniepeak 2003
- Selinpeak 2006
- Karismapeak 2006
- Kaijapeak 2002
- Rayvenpeak 2004
- Caileepeak 1999
- Abigaelpeak 2009
- Katyapeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.