NameTides

Nila

Nila was the #1,747 girls' name in the US in 2025 (116 babies), and #610 in England & Wales and #523 in Canada.

Nila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Nila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,747 (116)#610 (64)—#544 (6)#523 (58)
2024#1,676 (122)#837 (44)#638 (4)#736 (4)#661 (44)
2023#1,922 (103)#865 (41)——#622 (46)
2022#1,506 (144)#746 (49)—#905 (3)#679 (41)
2021#1,851 (108)#1,039 (33)—#883 (3)#746 (39)
2020#1,792 (110)#872 (41)——#787 (36)
2019#1,679 (125)#1,316 (24)——#730 (40)
2018#1,717 (120)#1,586 (19)——#1,002 (26)
2017#1,686 (127)#1,371 (24)——#775 (36)
2016#1,908 (105)#1,834 (16)——#1,399 (17)
2015#1,778 (117)#1,961 (14)——#1,499 (15)
2014#1,838 (110)#2,058 (13)——#1,279 (19)
2013#1,880 (107)#1,864 (15)——#1,599 (14)
2012#1,955 (100)#2,215 (12)——#1,531 (15)
2011#2,103 (91)#2,636 (9)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1935 at #565.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nila is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#46227
Quebec2025#7745

Nila (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NilaCanadaGirls#52358
NilaEngland & WalesGirls#61064
NilaIrelandGirls#5446
NilaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NilaScotlandGirls—too few
NilaUSGirls#1,747116