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.

Niya

#2,541 most common girls' name of all time · #4,331 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#2,541
Rank overall
#4,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
4,790
Since 2016
973
Peak year
2001 #1,022
Best rank
#1,022 2001
Girls Boys peak 211/yr
198020002020

Niya first appears in 1974. 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 61 — 61 #2,801
2024 76 — 76 #2,400
2023 90 — 90 #2,132
2022 93 — 93 #2,079
2021 108 — 108 #1,855
2020 129 — 129 #1,620
2019 86 — 86 #2,162
2018 116 — 116 #1,769
2017 101 — 101 #1,971
2016 113 — 113 #1,835
2015 122 — 122 #1,723
2014 113 — 113 #1,811
2013 94 — 94 #2,061
2012 122 — 122 #1,710
2011 89 — 89 #2,149
2010 103 — 103 #1,950
2009 99 — 99 #2,069
2008 116 — 116 #1,850
2007 144 — 144 #1,576
2006 160 — 160 #1,423
2005 166 — 166 #1,327
2004 185 — 185 #1,212
2003 195 — 195 #1,130
2002 210 — 210 #1,033
2001 211 — 211 #1,022
2000 198 — 198 #1,051
1999 178 — 178 #1,119
1998 115 — 115 #1,491
1997 110 — 110 #1,494
1996 109 — 109 #1,496
1995 61 — 61 #2,209
1994 76 — 76 #1,887
1993 54 — 54 #2,371
1992 70 — 70 #1,983
1991 60 — 60 #2,209
1990 36 — 36 #3,141
1989 24 — 24 #4,100
1988 22 — 22 #4,138
1987 23 — 23 #3,835
1986 20 — 20 #4,154
1985 34 — 34 #2,799
1984 41 — 41 #2,378
1983 34 — 34 #2,652
1982 35 — 35 #2,700
1981 75 — 75 #1,579
1980 63 — 63 #1,763
1979 47 — 47 #2,145
1978 53 — 53 #1,892
1977 46 — 46 #2,089
1976 97 — 97 #1,181
1974 7 — 7 #7,651