Niana

Niana was the #10,107 girls' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Niana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Niana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Niana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#10,107 (9)—#3,478 (5)
2024#12,161 (7)——
2023#13,462 (6)——
2022#8,542 (12)——
2021#5,955 (20)——
2020#6,083 (19)#4,535 (4)—
2019#5,306 (24)——
2018#6,792 (17)——
2017#6,287 (19)—#2,876 (6)
2016#11,781 (8)——
2015#16,419 (5)——
2014#8,966 (12)——
2013#13,150 (7)——
2012#10,429 (10)——
2011#14,824 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #5,306.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Niana is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 140,000 to 1 in 640,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NianaCanadaGirls#3,4785
NianaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
NianaUSGirls#10,1079