girls:
25k births since 1915
#905 (84th percentile)
overall:
25k births since 1915
#1609 (79th percentile)
The name Nyla is the #1,609 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 25,035 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 79.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #905 (84.2% percentile) for all time with 25,035 births since 1915.
Nyla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for girls in 1915).
For girls, Nyla reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 76.9% percentile (ranked #217) with 737 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 737 births per million (ranked 76.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1992, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nyla is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #238 (74.9% percentile) with 707 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nyla".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Nyla. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Nyla is pronounced as NAI-luh, which has 2 syllables.
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