Girls' name · since 1996
Nylia
Nylia has 299 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,940 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 299
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
299 girls have been named Nylia since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nylia has 299 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #15,940 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 299 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylia ranks #15,940 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,940 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 299
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nylia's 299 recorded births place it above 77.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Nylia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nylia's full recorded timeline at 2012, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Nylia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (130 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Nylia's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nylia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 130 births (43% of all-time use).
Nylia by state
Where Nylia concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 299 births nationwide.
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- Nylia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Nylias (5 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 Nylia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Nylia 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.