Boy or Girl

Is Nila a boy or girl name?

Nila is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 122 girls and 0 boys were named Nila, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 7,019 US babies named Nila were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#1,675
Babies named Nila since 1890
7,019
Most popular year
2022
144 babies
Babies named Nila each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Nila from 1890 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0501001502001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Nila, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1890s059100%
1900s096100%
1910s0347100%
1920s0713100%
1930s0944100%
1940s0854100%
1950s0833100%
1960s0377100%
1970s0200100%
1980s0174100%
1990s0219100%
2000s0554100%
2010s01,062100%
2020s0587100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–122#1,675
20230–103#1,931
20220–144#1,513
20210–108#1,856
20200–110#1,803
20190–125#1,680
20180–119#1,734
20170–127#1,693
20160–105#1,923
20150–117#1,789
20140–110#1,849
20130–107#1,887
20120–100#1,969
20110–91#2,117
20100–61#2,863
20090–83#2,354
20080–67#2,743
20070–63#2,882
20060–66#2,720
20050–56#2,923
20040–50#3,117
20030–50#3,027
20020–46#3,129
20010–35#3,764
20000–38#3,499
19990–39#3,295
19980–33#3,622
19970–20#5,165
19960–28#3,909
19950–31#3,562
19940–18#5,395
19930–10#8,514
19920–9#9,280
19910–19#5,126
19900–12#7,173
19890–14#6,055
19880–18#4,790
19870–12#6,214
19860–18#4,480
19850–18#4,394
19840–17#4,439
19830–16#4,624
19820–25#3,388
19810–18#4,283
19800–18#4,261
19790–21#3,745
19780–16#4,392
19770–16#4,363
19760–20#3,494
19750–19#3,599
19740–22#3,182
19730–19#3,431
19720–28#2,569
19710–20#3,333
19700–19#3,398
19690–25#2,684
19680–21#2,845
19670–37#1,939
19660–37#1,902
19650–28#2,281
19640–31#2,180
19630–38#1,913
19620–43#1,753
19610–51#1,592
19600–66#1,360
19590–61#1,380
19580–71#1,263
19570–75#1,222
19560–92#1,072
19550–79#1,125
19540–95#1,006
19530–98#964
19520–83#1,034
19510–101#911
19500–78#1,035
19490–93#922
19480–78#990
19470–78#1,006
19460–86#907
19450–72#895
19440–72#905
19430–92#805
19420–106#730
19410–92#745
19400–85#759
19390–103#671
19380–87#744
19370–86#731
19360–101#659
19350–128#567
19340–118#608
19330–94#675
19320–73#798
19310–68#836
19300–86#758
19290–88#750
19280–72#860
19270–86#784
19260–68#908
19250–66#921
19240–73#885
19230–73#861
19220–64#926
19210–61#952
19200–62#929
19190–53#995
19180–49#1,037
19170–45#1,063
19160–38#1,162
19150–43#1,022
19140–38#964
19130–24#1,140
19120–22#1,139
19110–14#1,276
19100–21#961
19090–11#1,349
19080–18#963
19070–5#2,294
19060–6#1,884
19050–8#1,504
19040–14#989
19030–6#1,735
19020–8#1,405
19010–9#1,204
19000–11#1,211
18990–9#1,160
18980–8#1,349
18970–5#1,722
18960–0–
18950–7#1,393
18940–0–
18930–7#1,261
18920–8#1,152
18910–9#988
18900–6#1,304

Highest rank

Nila has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #567 in 1935. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.