Nyja — #15884 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyja

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Nyja between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyja currently holds the #15884 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyja 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 202 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.