Niala first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2002. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2016, 15 babies received the name (ranked #7883). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #12608), with roughly 8 babies named Niala each year. Niala has been declining in recent years. In total, around 170 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.