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Nia

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Derived from abbreviation of names with -nia ending.

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nia

Pronunciation

nia

Famous People

Actress Nia Long, Actress Nia Vardalos, Actress Nia Peeples

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1993 (rank #8699, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #307, 1,033 births); most recent 2025 (rank #702, 403 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–403
2024–428
2023–459
2022–496
2021–523
2020–618
2019–629
2018–659
2017–632
2016–736

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #241, 206 births); most recent 2025 (rank #316, 138 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025138
2024131
2023137
2022155
2021164
2020153
2019156
2018156
2017161
2016183

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #1469, 24 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1577, 20 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202320
202219
202122
202024
201918
201818
20177
20169
20155
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #316, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #410, 9 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20259
20248
202310
20227
202112
202013
20196
201813
20176
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #276, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20255
20245
20234
20225
202111
202013
201910
20186
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #248, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #397, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20253
20243
20234
20226
20213
2020–
20194
2018–
20176
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #416, 9 births); most recent 2022 (rank #424, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20228
20216
2020–
20196
20189
20176
20166
2015–
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence