# Nia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,432 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 25,422 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,778, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short for Antonia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 604 | 492 |
| 2012 | 675 | 464 |
| 2013 | 595 | 506 |
| 2014 | 654 | 481 |
| 2015 | 718 | 442 |
| 2016 | 736 | 438 |
| 2017 | 632 | 495 |
| 2018 | 659 | 473 |
| 2019 | 629 | 500 |
| 2020 | 618 | 495 |
| 2021 | 523 | 580 |
| 2022 | 497 | 603 |
| 2023 | 460 | 637 |
| 2024 | 431 | 672 |
| 2025 | 403 | 702 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,838 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,722 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 159 | 307 |
| 2012 | 160 | 299 |
| 2013 | 172 | 273 |
| 2014 | 143 | 324 |
| 2015 | 148 | 316 |
| 2016 | 183 | 273 |
| 2017 | 161 | 303 |
| 2018 | 156 | 305 |
| 2019 | 156 | 305 |
| 2020 | 153 | 304 |
| 2021 | 164 | 289 |
| 2022 | 155 | 290 |
| 2023 | 137 | 323 |
| 2024 | 131 | 328 |
| 2025 | 138 | 316 |

## People named Nia

- Nia Long, American actress (born 1970)
- Nia Vardalos, Canadian-born American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent
- Nia DaCosta, American director and screenwriter
- Nia Ali, American athletics competitor
- Nia Jax, Australian-American professional wrestler
- Nia Peeples, American singer, actress, and television host
- Nia Sanchez, American beauty pageant titleholder (born 1990)
- Nia Abdallah, American taekwondo practitioner
- Nia Künzer, Association footballer
- Nia Coffey, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Nia Akins, American middle-distance runner

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.