NameTides

Naia

Naia was the #1,581 girls' name in the US in 2025 (133 babies), and #973 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Naia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Naia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Naia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,581 (133)#973 (36)——#1,265 (20)
2024#1,840 (109)#736 (51)#476 (6)—#835 (34)
2023#1,506 (143)#906 (39)—#856 (3)#1,203 (20)
2022#1,560 (136)#1,006 (34)——#1,132 (22)
2021#2,057 (93)#884 (40)——#1,229 (20)
2020#1,704 (119)#1,013 (33)#765 (3)—#1,428 (16)
2019#1,875 (107)#1,252 (26)——#1,104 (23)
2018#1,997 (98)#1,234 (27)——#1,376 (17)
2017#2,302 (80)#1,512 (21)——#1,179 (21)
2016#2,221 (86)#1,920 (15)——#1,785 (12)
2015#2,080 (94)#1,601 (19)——#1,584 (14)
2014#2,256 (83)#2,203 (12)—#752 (4)#1,901 (11)
2013#2,903 (58)#2,460 (10)——#1,599 (14)
2012#2,028 (95)#1,991 (14)——#1,617 (14)
2011#2,725 (64)#2,150 (12)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,506.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Naia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Naia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: #114HITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #912FL
Naia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Naia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NaiaCanadaGirls#1,26520
NaiaEngland & WalesGirls#97336
NaiaIrelandGirls—too few
NaiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NaiaScotlandGirls—too few
NaiaUSGirls#1,581133