Girls' name · since 1991
Niza
148 babies named Niza in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,587 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
148 babies have been named Niza since 1991, making it today's #15587 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niza has been recorded 148 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #15587 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #22,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,587 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 148 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niza ranks #22,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,587 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 148 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,587 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Niza's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Niza compares
148 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Niza's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Niza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 148 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Niza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Niza splits its recorded history at 2002: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Niza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Niza by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Niza's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Niza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (45% of all-time use).
Niza by state
Where Niza concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 148 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Niza's data
- Niza's decade-level peak was the 1990s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nizas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Niza 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.