Nyla

What Nyla means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Nyla yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Nyla?

US: Rising: up from #326 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #325 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,344 girls got the name (#229 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 1,222 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,151 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (6.21 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nyla is #236 in the US and #214 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nyla were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nylah590 US · 108 E&W
• Nola331 US · 165 E&W
• Nala317 US · 66 E&W
• Nayla225 US · 44 E&W
• Nila116 US · 64 E&W
• Naila118 US · 56 E&W
• Nella60 US · 45 E&W
• Nahla60 US · 19 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nyla

Girls

• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

For a brother

• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nyla’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.