How Many People Are Named Nyella?
An estimated 152 people in the United States have the first name Nyella. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Nyella peaked in popularity in 2024 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nyella as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nyella paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
152
About 1 in 2,254,963 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2024
17 births
Total Registered
153
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nyella
Nyella is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 153 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nyella as a female name
Ranked #6,833 in 2024
17 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (17 births)
Nyella: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nyella span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 83 babies were registered. While Nyella is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nyella by Decade
How has Nyella tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nyella + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nyella as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nyella
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nyella: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nyella?
We estimate approximately 152 people named Nyella are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,254,963 Americans share this first name.
Is Nyella a common name?
Nyella is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 153 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nyella most popular?
Nyella reached peak popularity in 2024, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nyella is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nyella a female name?
Nyella is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nyella Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nyella Smith, Nyella Johnson, Nyella Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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