Nyla
For 2025 the count puts Nyla at #236 nationwide, right at the top of its own curve. On the books since 1915, peaking in 2024: 27,714 American children so far.
Nyla’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nyla, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Nyla since 1915
Nyla peaked in 2024 at #229; #236 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nyla is most common
The state that gives Nyla most often, per girls born there, is Delaware (0.62% in 2025); Vermont and District of Columbia are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Nyla
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Noelle
#202 in 2025
Nico
#174 in 2025
Nolan
#65 in 2025
Naomi
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nova
#46 in 2025
Kaiden
#237 in 2025
Dallas
#238 in 2025
Maisie
#233 in 2025 · Greek
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About Nyla
How common is Nyla today?
For 2025 the count puts Nyla at #236 nationwide, right at the top of its own curve. The full curve since 1915 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Nyla mean?
There is no citable gloss for Nyla in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
Which names sit near Nyla?
Nearest by the published recipe: Noelle, Nico and Nolan. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Nyla’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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