Nylia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nylia by the numbers

Nylia was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nylia

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 Nylia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Neliahorn of plenty; a form of Cornelia5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nydianest; from nidus16 in the US (2017)
  • Nyla220 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nalia36 in the US (2017)
  • Nyliah12 in the US (2017)
  • Nolia7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nylia

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

  • Nyalaantelope; a type of animal16 in the US (2017)
  • Nilayaabode of waters; from nila and aya7 in the US (2017)
  • Nyleah14 in the US (2017)
  • Nialah13 in the US (2017)
  • Nyilah7 in the US (2017)
  • Nylaya7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nylia

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