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How popular is the name Nyla?

Births per year, rank history and how many Nylas are alive today.

Nyla (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 214th in 2025 with 220 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 251 babies were given the name, the 193rd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Nyla you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Nylas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 12, and there are at least 2,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nyla - on average, only one in every 113 such rooms contains a Nyla.

How many babies are named Nyla each year?

0100200200020201996: 31997: 41998: 31999: 62002: 62003: 32004: 122005: 162006: 182007: 282008: 262009: 532010: 852011: 992012: 1012013: 1002014: 1332015: 1442016: 1542017: 1692018: 1872019: 1772020: 1922021: 2362022: 2022023: 2232024: 2512025: 220actual

Where does Nyla rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 3,1741998: ranked 3,8481999: ranked 2,4442002: ranked 2,5402003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 1,7152005: ranked 1,4062006: ranked 1,3862007: ranked 1,0502008: ranked 1,1352009: ranked 6892010: ranked 4802011: ranked 4322012: ranked 4482013: ranked 4262014: ranked 3442015: ranked 3252016: ranked 3232017: ranked 2922018: ranked 2622019: ranked 2752020: ranked 2472021: ranked 2122022: ranked 2322023: ranked 2142024: ranked 1932025: ranked 214

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Nyla per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 251 in 2024
Nyla: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Nyla most popular?

Nyla peaked in 2024, when 251 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Nyla?

At least 2,800 people named Nyla born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Nyla?

Most living Nylas are between 4 and 12; the most common age is about 2.

Is Nyla becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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