Nija is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Nija is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Nija was first reported in SSA data in 1973 and peaked in 1999 (58 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #15,999 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #18,805 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #16,239 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #11,029 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #16,706 | — |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,854 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,878 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #12,152 | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | #6,745 | #9,844 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,434 | — |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 | #4,635 | #9,339 |
| 2002 | 26 | 26 | #4,726 | — |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | #3,685 | — |
| 2000 | 41 | 41 | #3,322 | — |
| 1999 | 58 | 58 | #2,493 | — |
| 1998 | 51 | 51 | #2,683 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | — | #3,685 | — |
| 1996 | 37 | — | #3,210 | — |
| 1995 | 35 | — | #3,270 | — |
| 1994 | 35 | — | #3,675 | #9,827 |
| 1993 | 35 | — | #3,267 | — |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #6,214 | — |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #4,446 | — |
| 1990 | 30 | — | #3,600 | — |
| 1989 | 27 | — | #3,756 | — |
| 1988 | 31 | — | #3,203 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #6,211 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #7,550 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #5,262 | — |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,134 | — |
| 1983 | 22 | — | #3,637 | — |
| 1982 | 11 | — | #6,228 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,793 | — |
| 1980 | 15 | — | #4,910 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #4,774 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,117 | — |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #5,127 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,877 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #10,097 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #9,746 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,480 | — |