Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nia

#914 most common girls' name of all time · #1,644 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among girls
#914
Rank overall
#1,644 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
25,432
Since 2016
5,588
Peak year
2000 #307
Best rank
#307 2000
Girls Boys peak 1,033/yr
1960198020002020

Nia first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 403 403 #702
2024 431 431 #672
2023 460 460 #637
2022 497 497 #603
2021 523 523 #579
2020 618 618 #494
2019 629 629 #500
2018 659 659 #473
2017 632 632 #495
2016 736 736 #438
2015 718 718 #442
2014 654 654 #481
2013 595 595 #506
2012 675 675 #464
2011 604 604 #492
2010 644 644 #470
2009 636 636 #483
2008 681 681 #466
2007 816 816 #401
2006 853 853 #381
2005 782 782 #402
2004 891 891 #356
2003 893 893 #346
2002 961 961 #320
2001 1,025 1,025 #310
2000 1,033 1,033 #307
1999 797 797 #368
1998 891 891 #330
1997 717 717 #376
1996 565 565 #448
1995 495 495 #496
1994 449 449 #544
1993 466 5 471 #522
1992 306 306 #706
1991 368 368 #614
1990 229 229 #861
1989 143 5 148 #1,153
1988 135 135 #1,137
1987 109 109 #1,288
1986 169 169 #943
1985 153 153 #999
1984 76 76 #1,506
1983 102 102 #1,242
1982 99 99 #1,290
1981 95 95 #1,325
1980 117 117 #1,158
1979 65 65 #1,703
1978 80 80 #1,445
1977 81 81 #1,393
1976 93 93 #1,223
1975 104 104 #1,124
1974 223 223 #673
1973 44 44 #1,904
1972 48 48 #1,797
1971 31 31 #2,461
1970 19 19 #3,386
1969 20 20 #3,079
1968 15 15 #3,556
1967 12 12 #3,977
1966 20 20 #2,817
1965 13 13 #3,683
1962 5 5 #7,182
1957 6 6 #5,915
1954 7 7 #5,093
1951 6 6 #5,395