Girls' name · since 1973
Nija
815 babies named Nija in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 815
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
815 girls have been named Nija since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Nija recorded 815 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2014.
- #8,628 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 815 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nija ranks #8,628 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 815 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 815
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nija's 815 recorded births place it above 88.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Nija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nija's full recorded timeline at 1993, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 58 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nija popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2014
- Peak year (1999)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Nija popularity over time - boys
19 total births recorded since 1994 (Nija as boys' name)
Nija by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (345 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Nija's strongest decade.
345 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Nija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 65
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
167 births
- 1990s
1990s
345 births
- 2000s
2000s
211 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 345 births (42% of all-time use).
How Nija compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nija's total volume
Nija by state
Where Nija concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 50 | 6.1% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 18 | 2.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.7% |
50 of 815 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Nija appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nija's data
- Nija's decade-level peak was the 1990s (345 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nijas (50 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nija draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.