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Girl's name · #1754 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Nila belongs to an older America first — it reached #567 back in 1935 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1754. About 7,100 girls have carried it since 1890.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#265 in Netherlands (2025) · #283 in Sweden (2025) · #288 in Switzerland (2025) · #338 in Austria (2025) · #450 in Poland (2025) · #578 in Belgium (2025) · #591 in Ireland (2025) · #618 in England & Wales (2025) · #956 in France (2025) · #666 in Canada (2024).
Among 37 notable people named Nila:
Political leaders appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nila Ibrahimi, Activist for the rights of Afghan women and adolescents.
Together with its spelling variants Nyla (#236) and Nylah (#504), Nila would rank around #146 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 65/29/6 across Nyla, Nylah, and Nila.
Similar names: Nyla · Aryah · Nyra · Anyla · Sahasra · Leela
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