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Naavya

Gender
Girl
Say it
NAV-ya
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,883 for girls

Naavya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “new, young”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Naavya mean?

Sanskrit: spelling of Navya

“new, young”

From Sanskrit navya, 'new' or 'fresh', related to nava, the word behind names such as Navraj and Naveen.

Meaning borrowed from Navya.

Is Naavya a girl's or a boy's name?

Naavya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Naavya in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Naavya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Naavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

2011Busiest: 6 in 20222025
Naavya in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20234#4,915
20226#3,728
20213#5,824
20200–
20190–
20180–
20174#4,967
20163#6,009
20153#5,983
20143#5,920
20130–
20120–
20113#6,007

How popular is Naavya in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,883among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Naavya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.

Half of all the girls named Naavya in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Naavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.

2011Busiest: 22 in 20242025
Naavya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
202422#5,612
202313#8,050
202213#8,027
202111#8,973
202015#7,208
201915#7,338
201815#7,405
201717#6,804
201613#8,390
201514#8,004
20149#10,949
20130–
20126#14,956
20117#13,339

Names like Naavya

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Naavya

Names related to Naavya

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Naavya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naavya, updated 20 October 2026.