Nidya — girls' name
77 babies named Nidya in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Nidya was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Nidya in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nidya
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Nidya between 1966 and 2004, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nidya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nidya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nidya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nidya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nidya 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 77 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.
Nidya at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nidya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1966
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
77 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 9 births in a single year.
Nidya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 33 births that decade — 43% of Nidya's all-time total
Nidya decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nidya's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Nidya by state
Where Nidya concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 13.0% |
10 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.