Nahia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-EE-uh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Nahia is a girls' name, meaning “wish, desire”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Nahia mean?
Basque, from nahi 'wish, desire'
“wish, desire”
A modern Basque name formed from the everyday word nahi, 'wish' or 'desire'.
Is Nahia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Nahia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nahia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Nahia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Nahia, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Nahia in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Names like Nahia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Abeeha Hafsa Zainab Safiya Aaliyah Ruqayyah Rahma Ayra Safaa Sumayyah
Names related to Nahia
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, “Nahia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahia, updated 20 October 2026.