NameTides

Naila

Naila was the #1,721 girls' name in the US in 2025 (118 babies), and #667 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Naila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Naila 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Naila 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#1,721 (118)#667 (56)—#718 (4)#799 (36)
2024#1,457 (150)#647 (60)——#1,077 (24)
2023#1,348 (167)#657 (55)——#1,080 (23)
2022#1,560 (136)#899 (39)——#1,209 (20)
2021#1,476 (145)#755 (49)——#1,025 (26)
2020#1,373 (158)#792 (46)——#1,121 (22)
2019#1,083 (231)#864 (42)——#922 (29)
2018#1,338 (168)#1,136 (30)——#765 (37)
2017#1,703 (125)#1,184 (29)——#1,123 (22)
2016#1,908 (105)#1,472 (22)——#831 (33)
2015#2,025 (97)#1,549 (20)——#805 (34)
2014#2,267 (82)#1,411 (22)——#1,077 (24)
2013#2,064 (93)#1,291 (26)——#888 (30)
2012#2,315 (81)#1,525 (20)——#1,055 (24)
2011#2,103 (91)#1,608 (18)——#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #1,083.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Naila is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,300 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Naila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: 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: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: 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: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Naila (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
Quebec2025#32716
Ontario2024#93212

Naila (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
NailaCanadaGirls#79936
NailaEngland & WalesGirls#66756
NailaIrelandGirls#7184
NailaScotlandGirls—too few
NailaUSGirls#1,721118