Naya

What Naya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Naya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Naya?

US: Steady: #777 in 2015, #812 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1033 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 446 girls got the name (#668 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 4,784 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,966 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.73 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.7 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Naya is #812 in the US and #719 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Naya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nyah80 US · 33 E&W
• Niya61 US · 25 E&W
• Nya62 US · 17 E&W
• Niyah49 US · 25 E&W
• Naiya30 US · 8 E&W
• Nayah21 US · 5 E&W
• Noya20 US · 4 E&W
• Naiyah9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Naya

Girls

• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Juliette#110Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #227 in 2015, #110 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Talia#265Editor’s note Steady in the US: #285 in 2015 and #265 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025

For a brother

• Harrison#116Editor’s note Steady in the US: #119 in 2015 and #116 in 2025
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Naya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.