Nilla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nilla

The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Nilla between 1924 and 2019, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nilla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nilla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nilla 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 26 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.