Niasia — #13857 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Niasia

The Social Security Administration has registered 884 babies named Niasia between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niasia currently holds the #13857 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niasia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 418 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Niasia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 178 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Niasia in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niasia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 884 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.