Meaning and history
From Sanskrit नील ( nīla ) meaning "dark blue".
20062006: 66 births, rank #2,701
2007: 63 births, rank #2,858
2008: 67 births, rank #2,718
2009: 83 births, rank #2,338
2010: 61 births, rank #2,841
20112011: 91 births, rank #2,103
2012: 100 births, rank #1,955
2013: 107 births, rank #1,880
2014: 110 births, rank #1,838
2015: 117 births, rank #1,778
20162016: 105 births, rank #1,908
2017: 127 births, rank #1,686
2018: 120 births, rank #1,717
2019: 125 births, rank #1,679
2020: 110 births, rank #1,792
20212021: 108 births, rank #1,851
2022: 144 births, rank #1,506
2023: 103 births, rank #1,922
2024: 122 births, rank #1,676
20252025: 116 births, rank #1,747
Nila moved from #911 to #964 for girls between 1951 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1935, with 128 births.