#2302024 rank
2024peak year
26,337babies named Nyla since 1880
▲ +5%5-year trend
Nyla popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Nyla mean?
A modern coinage, possibly echoing Sanskrit nila 'dark blue' or the African nyala antelope. Its use is recent and mostly American.
OriginModern English
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, nature
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Spellings & variants
NilaNyala
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