Name meaning & stats
Niya
Niya means “bright”. 4,790 US babies since 1940, peak 2001.
What it means
“bright”
Spelling of Nia
In US birth records
Peak year: 2001
4,790 US babies were named Niya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Niya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 10 Nias spell it Niya
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2001)