How Many People Are Named Nia?

25,101

people named Nia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,616 people in the US has this name

Based on 25,432 babies named Nia in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,425

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#760

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Peak Year

2000

1,033 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Nia in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Nia alive today is about 20 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 27 in 2025.

Under 30 20,829
83%
30 to 59 4,241
16.9%
60 and over 31
0.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Nia first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 2000, to 1,033 babies. In 2025, 403 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Nia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #307, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #702.

Girls
Rank in 2025#702
Best rank#307 (2000)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#373 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Nia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Nia were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,960 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nia was given 6.1 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.2 times in Maryland and 2 times in New York.

New York 2,960
California 2,694
Texas 1,824
Illinois 1,415
Florida 1,410
Georgia 1,366
New Jersey 1,068
Pennsylvania 959
North Carolina 849
Maryland 817
Ohio 816
Michigan 772
Virginia 768
Louisiana 560
Massachusetts 423
Tennessee 395
Missouri 385
District of Columbia 332
Washington 318
Indiana 314
South Carolina 311
Arizona 294
Alabama 262
Connecticut 246
Wisconsin 233
Minnesota 195
Mississippi 179
Colorado 165
Nevada 112
Kentucky 112
Arkansas 110
Oregon 99
Oklahoma 73
Kansas 64
Iowa 48
Utah 34
Delaware 16
Nebraska 14
Hawaii 12
New Mexico 11
Rhode Island 5
Montana 5
West Virginia 5

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