Nila

#1,747 for girls in 2025, 116 births

Peak · girls
#565
1935 · 128 births
Debut · girls
1890
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,136
since 1890

Nila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nila has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #565, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,747116
2024#1,676122
2023#1,922103
2022#1,506144
2021#1,851108
2020#1,792110
2019#1,679125
2018#1,717120
2017#1,686127
2016#1,908105
2015#1,778117
2014#1,838110
2013#1,880107
2012#1,955100
2011#2,10391
2010#2,84161
2009#2,33883
2008#2,71867
2007#2,85863
2006#2,70166
2005#2,90256
2004#3,07150
2003#2,99950
2002#3,10346
2001#3,70335
2000#3,45338
1999#3,24539
1998#3,57333
1997#5,01020
1996#3,83128
1995#3,49231
1994#5,24918
1993#8,05210
1992#8,7349
1991#5,00419
1990#6,86712
1989#5,83614
1988#4,65318
1987#5,92312
1986#4,34718
1985#4,28218
1984#4,31817
1983#4,47616
1982#3,34425
1981#4,16218
1980#4,14818
1979#3,66821
1978#4,24216
1977#4,23516
1976#3,40720
1975#3,51419
1974#3,11022
1973#3,34219
1972#2,52328
1971#3,26620
1970#3,31119
1969#2,64525
1968#2,78921
1967#1,92137
1966#1,88237
1965#2,24728
1964#2,15131
1963#1,89438
1962#1,73243
1961#1,58051
1960#1,35466
1959#1,37061
1958#1,26071
1957#1,22075
1956#1,06692
1955#1,11879
1954#1,00095
1953#95498
1952#1,02883
1951#908101
1950#1,03478
1949#91893
1948#98778
1947#1,00378
1946#89786
1945#88972
1944#90072
1943#80192
1942#725106
1941#74192
1940#75285
1939#668103
1938#73787
1937#72686
1936#657101
1935#565128
1934#607118
1933#67294
1932#79573
1931#83068
1930#75586
1929#74688
1928#85472
1927#78386
1926#90368
1925#91366
1924#88073
1923#85973
1922#91764
1921#94661
1920#92162
1919#98453
1918#1,03149
1917#1,05445
1916#1,14738
1915#1,01243
1914#95638
1913#1,12024
1912#1,11722
1911#1,24114
1910#94121
1909#1,29011
1908#93918
1907#2,0615
1906#1,7276
1905#1,4208
1904#96514
1903#1,5926
1902#1,3208
1901#1,1369
1900#1,17111
1899#1,0999
1898#1,2638
1897#1,5555
1896—
1895#1,2997
1894—
1893#1,1757
1892#1,0858
1891#9439
1890#1,2106
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Nila! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#1,676 → #1,747)
  • 45 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #1,747)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#1,778 → #1,747)
  • Biggest jump: 1,122 spots in 1908 (#2,061 → #939)
  • Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,420)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1935 at #565 (128 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1919–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,192
  • Highest: 1 in 8,192 girls born in 1935 were named Nila (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,856 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 14.9% of all girls named Nila (1,063) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s59#943 (1891)#1,204
1900s96#939 (1908)#1,362
1910s347#941 (1910)#1,060
1920s713#746 (1929)#872
1930s944#565 (1935)#701
1940s854#725 (1942)#861
1950s833#908 (1951)#1,096
1960s377#1,354 (1960)#2,020
1970s200#2,523 (1972)#3,462
1980s174#3,344 (1982)#4,549
1990s219#3,245 (1999)#5,306
2000s554#2,338 (2009)#2,985
2010s1,063#1,679 (2019)#1,939
2020s703#1,506 (2022)#1,749

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nila in 1932

girls
#795
73 births · 1 in 14,618 girls

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #795Nila73
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 14,618 of them was named Nila, which outranked 84.4% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nila
  1. #790Lita74
  2. #790Lovie74
  3. #790Zola74
  4. #795Nila73
  5. #795Ardella73
  6. #795Cecil73
  7. #795Dena73
  8. #801Almeda72
  9. #801Bernardine72
  10. #801Evangelina72

Tied with 5 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932 →