How Many People Are Named Nila?
people named Nila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 73,995 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,136 babies named Nila in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
144 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nila in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nila alive today is about 38 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nila first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 2022, to 144 babies. In 2025, 116 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #567, in 1935. In 2025 it ranked #1,754.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,754 |
| Best rank | #567 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,915 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nila were born in California than in any other state: about 412 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nila was given 7.2 times as often in Indiana, 6.3 times in West Virginia and 2.8 times in Oklahoma.
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