Nilsa was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Nilsa as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#14,942 (5)
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2024
#11,122 (8)
#5,892 (3)
2023
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#4,710 (4)
2022
#8,032 (13)
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2021
#13,464 (6)
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2020
#13,453 (6)
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2019
#10,473 (9)
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2017
#14,124 (6)
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2014
#16,513 (5)
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2011
#16,764 (5)
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2008
#12,579 (8)
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2005
#13,010 (7)
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2004
#10,690 (9)
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2003
#10,425 (9)
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2002
#8,837 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1960 at #1,253.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1946.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 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.