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Nia Name Popularity

How popular is the name Nia? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 — 0 0%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 — 5 0.0003%
1966 — 5 0.0003%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 0 0%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 5 0.0003%
1972 — 23 0.0017%
1973 — 16 0.0012%
1974 — 199 0.0153%
1975 — 60 0.0047%
1976 — 45 0.0035%
1977 — 38 0.0028%
1978 — 45 0.0033%
1979 — 39 0.0028%
1980 — 87 0.006%
1981 — 56 0.0038%
1982 — 50 0.0033%
1983 — 55 0.0037%
1984 — 39 0.0026%
1985 — 101 0.0067%
1986 — 128 0.0085%
1987 — 69 0.0045%
1988 — 88 0.0056%
1989 — 91 0.0056%
1990 — 196 0.0118%
1991 — 329 0.0202%
1992 — 264 0.0165%
1993 — 426 0.0273%
1994 — 412 0.0268%
1995 — 464 0.0308%
1996 — 534 0.0357%
1997 — 681 0.046%
1998 — 856 0.0572%
1999 — 783 0.0523%
2000 — 1,004 0.0657%
2001 — 987 0.0655%
2002 — 939 0.0627%
2003 — 864 0.0568%
2004 — 859 0.0564%
2005 — 747 0.0489%
2006 — 821 0.0524%
2007 — 764 0.0484%
2008 — 649 0.042%
2009 — 602 0.0403%
2010 — 603 0.0418%
2011 — 555 0.039%
2012 — 640 0.0449%
2013 — 548 0.0385%
2014 — 613 0.0421%
2015 — 685 0.0471%
2016 — 704 0.0488%
2017 — 591 0.0423%
2018 — 624 0.0454%
2019 — 600 0.0443%
2020 — 565 0.0444%
2021 — 442 0.0362%
2022 — 457 0.0346%
2023 — 419 0.0324%

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What names are variants of Nia?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Nia.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Nea

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Niah

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Nya

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Nyah

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

What names sound like Nia?

If you like how Nia sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Nia.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Naia

Water nymph

Greek

Noa

Movement

Hebrew

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6 Comments

  1. Nia is the mixture of my and my husband’s name.

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  2. My husband and I decided on the name Nia together

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  3. My partner chose it and I loved it! It goes really well with her middle and last name.

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  4. My nine year old and I choose the name. We were looking for a African girl’s name with a meaning. We choose Nia it means born with a purpose .

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  5. Nia is my bright purpose

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  6. I loved that it is a short name and easy to say and spell.
    I also thought about the ease for her to spell it when learning her name later on.

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