NameTides

Nayla

Nayla was the #1,076 girls' name in the US in 2025 (225 babies), and #816 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Nayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,076 (225)#816 (44)#484 (63)
2024#1,472 (148)#776 (48)#553 (54)
2023#1,339 (169)#1,030 (33)#606 (47)
2022#1,292 (183)#1,081 (31)#756 (36)
2021#1,269 (183)#983 (35)#898 (31)
2020#1,291 (172)#1,164 (28)#1,121 (22)
2019#1,259 (184)#1,292 (25)#807 (35)
2018#1,276 (180)#1,314 (25)#677 (43)
2017#1,436 (158)#949 (39)#1,382 (17)
2016#1,496 (152)#1,834 (16)#896 (30)
2015#1,437 (160)#1,601 (19)#934 (28)
2014#1,706 (123)#1,798 (16)#972 (27)
2013#1,487 (149)#2,649 (9)#1,206 (20)
2012#1,733 (119)#2,521 (10)#1,097 (23)
2011#1,715 (121)#3,549 (6)#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,076.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 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 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nayla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nayla 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: #731MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: 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: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: 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: #840MDDelaware: 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: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Nayla (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#19729
Ontario2024#93212

Nayla (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
NaylaCanadaGirls#48463
NaylaEngland & WalesGirls#81644
NaylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NaylaUSGirls#1,076225