How Many People Are Named Nya?

5,943

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

About 1 in 57,510 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,006 babies named Nya in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,339

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,863

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Peak Year

2001

408 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 Nya in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Nya alive today is about 18 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 5,582
93.9%
30 to 59 361
6.1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Nya first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2001, to 408 babies. In 2025, 62 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Nya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #618, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,767.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,767
Best rank#618 (2001)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#843 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Nya were born in California than in any other state: about 521 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nya was given 2.3 times as often in Maryland, 1.9 times in Georgia and 1.9 times in New York.

California 521
New York 497
Texas 405
Florida 373
Georgia 259
Illinois 252
Pennsylvania 192
North Carolina 174
Michigan 162
Ohio 158
Maryland 155
Virginia 151
Louisiana 92
New Jersey 86
Arizona 83
Tennessee 63
Indiana 57
Missouri 52
South Carolina 51
Washington 49
Massachusetts 45
Utah 38
Colorado 37
Alabama 36
Mississippi 34
District of Columbia 32
Connecticut 26
Wisconsin 13
Nevada 12
Oregon 10
Oklahoma 7
Kentucky 6
Arkansas 6
Minnesota 5

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