Niyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Niyla by the numbers

Niyla was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Niyla

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Niyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyla220 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayla44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niylah52 in the US (2017)
  • Neyla24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Niyla

Names that are said the same way as Niyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Niyla

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