Nyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 220 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Nyla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #326 |
| 2016 | #330 |
| 2017 | #304 |
| 2018 | #289 |
| 2019 | #257 |
| 2020 | #248 |
| 2021 | #226 |
| 2022 | #241 |
| 2023 | #250 |
| 2024 | #230 |
| 2025 | #236 |
Nyla by the numbers
In 2025, 220 babies in England and Wales were named Nyla. In the US, 1,076 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,080 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,300 American girls born that year was called Nyla.
What we can tell you about Nyla
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 Nyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nyla
Names that are said the same way as Nyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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