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Girl name Swahili origin modern tradition

Nia

NEE-ah · 3 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Purpose
Language
Swahili
Culture
Swahili/Pan-African
Religion
modern
Style era
modern
Themes
Nia Long · Nia Vardalos
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#672
2024 births428
Peak year2000
First appeared1951
Total US births25,013
2000 peak19511969198820062024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ni
Alternate spellings
NiahNya
In other languages
Nia (Swahili)Nia (Welsh

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