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Nia Name Popularity

How popular is the name Nia? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
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1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
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1918 — 0 0%
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1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
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1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 — 0 0%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 2,396 5 0.0003%
1966 2,389 5 0.0003%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 0 0%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 2,543 5 0.0003%
1972 1,535 23 0.0017%
1973 1,771 16 0.0012%
1974 625 199 0.0153%
1975 1,088 60 0.0047%
1976 1,238 45 0.0035%
1977 1,388 38 0.0028%
1978 1,309 45 0.0033%
1979 1,419 39 0.0028%
1980 1,039 87 0.006%
1981 1,256 56 0.0038%
1982 1,304 50 0.0033%
1983 1,228 55 0.0037%
1984 1,418 39 0.0026%
1985 991 101 0.0067%
1986 900 128 0.0085%
1987 1,190 69 0.0045%
1988 1,120 88 0.0056%
1989 1,162 91 0.0056%
1990 813 196 0.0118%
1991 602 329 0.0202%
1992 694 264 0.0165%
1993 521 426 0.0273%
1994 537 412 0.0268%
1995 492 464 0.0308%
1996 443 534 0.0357%
1997 376 681 0.046%
1998 332 856 0.0572%
1999 364 783 0.0523%
2000 307 1,004 0.0657%
2001 312 987 0.0655%
2002 318 939 0.0627%
2003 346 864 0.0568%
2004 354 859 0.0564%
2005 402 747 0.0489%
2006 377 821 0.0524%
2007 405 764 0.0484%
2008 456 649 0.042%
2009 475 602 0.0403%
2010 467 603 0.0418%
2011 489 555 0.039%
2012 455 640 0.0449%
2013 502 548 0.0385%
2014 474 613 0.0421%
2015 429 685 0.0471%
2016 423 704 0.0488%
2017 476 591 0.0423%
2018 455 624 0.0454%
2019 465 600 0.0443%
2020 496 565 0.0444%
2021 586 442 0.0362%
2022 600 457 0.0346%

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What names are variants of Nia?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Nia.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Nea

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Niah

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Nya

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

Nyah

Lustrous; goal, purpose

African

What names sound like Nia?

If you like how Nia sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Nia.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Naia

Water nymph

Greek

Noa

Movement

Hebrew

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4 Comments

  1. My partner chose it and I loved it! It goes really well with her middle and last name.

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  2. My nine year old and I choose the name. We were looking for a African girl’s name with a meaning. We choose Nia it means born with a purpose .

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  3. Nia is my bright purpose

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  4. I loved that it is a short name and easy to say and spell.
    I also thought about the ease for her to spell it when learning her name later on.

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