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Girl's name · #236 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Nyla is near its high-water mark: it reached #227 in 2021 and still ranked #236 in 2025. About 28,000 girls have carried it since 1915.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#175 in New Zealand (2025) · #215 in England & Wales (2025) · #320 in Scotland (2025) · #409 in Ireland (2025) · #655 in Netherlands (2025) · #879 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,117 in Belgium (2025) · #1,234 in France (2025) · #1,235 in Austria (2025) · #247 in Canada (2024).
Among 30 notable people named Nyla:
Sports figures appear 2.83× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nyla Rose, American professional wrestler.
Together with its spelling variants Nylah (#504) and Nila (#1754), Nyla 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: Nila · Myla · Nia · Ayla · Aspen · Kaia
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