Naya

Naya was the #812 girls' name in the US in 2025 (336 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #415 in Canada.

Naya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Naya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaScotlandUSEngland & WalesIreland
Naya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#812 (336)#719 (51)#632 (4)#290 (5)#718 (4)#415 (75)
2024#898 (296)#539 (72)#333 (10)—#631 (5)#312 (99)
2023#821 (337)#657 (55)———#448 (65)
2022#748 (387)#596 (64)#625 (4)——#314 (93)
2021#668 (446)#469 (91)#339 (10)—#661 (5)#322 (101)
2020#753 (361)#582 (67)#765 (3)——#310 (102)
2019#1,004 (257)#996 (35)#493 (6)—#871 (3)#431 (76)
2018#975 (271)#864 (43)——#896 (3)#509 (61)
2017#959 (276)#968 (38)——#734 (4)#568 (55)
2016#854 (330)#804 (48)#798 (3)—#750 (4)#542 (58)
2015#777 (363)#1,033 (34)———#499 (64)
2014#774 (362)#1,005 (36)———#424 (77)
2013#1,021 (244)#1,098 (32)———#479 (65)
2012#1,384 (168)#1,583 (19)#815 (3)——#751 (37)
2011#1,554 (141)#1,807 (15)———#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #668.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 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 4,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Naya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Naya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #340MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #583FL
Naya (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#26547
Quebec2025#43811

Naya (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
NayaCanadaGirls#41575
NayaEngland & WalesGirls#71951
NayaIrelandGirls#7184
NayaNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
NayaScotlandGirls#6324
NayaUSGirls#812336