How Many People Are Named Nija?
people named Nija are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 418,341 people in the US has this name
Based on 834 babies named Nija in Social Security records from 1973 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nija, 97.7% were girls and 2.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 93.8% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nija alive today is about 31 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 24 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nija first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1999, to 58 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Nija has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,490, in 1999.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,490 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,346 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nija alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nija were born in New York than in any other state: about 49 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nija was given about 5.1 times as often in New York.
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