Feminine dossier · first seen 1974

Niya

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Niya
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

211

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1974Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

64.5%

2024

All-time

4,726

Niya has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 211 girls were named Niya.

In 2024, only 75 girls were given the name.

Down 64.5% from its peak.

All told, about 4,726 Americans have been named Niya and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1974.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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