Name meaning & stats
Nya
Nya means “bright”. 6,006 US babies since 1940, peak 2001.
What it means
“bright”
Spelling of Nia
In US birth records
Peak year: 2001
6,006 US babies were named Nya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 8 Nias spell it Nya
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2001)