girls:
103 births since 2006
#5613 (2nd percentile)
overall:
103 births since 2006
#7636 (1st percentile)
The name Nilaya is the #7,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 103 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,613 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 2006.
Nilaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (first recorded for girls in 2006). Birth data for Nilaya is available in 13 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Nilaya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #938) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nilaya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nilaya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Nilaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.6% confident that Nilaya is pronounced as nih-LAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nih-LAY-uh, at 27.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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