Nai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Nai is a girls' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Nai come from?
Chinese: Chinese name whose meaning depends on the characters; also a short form of names like Naima
Is Nai a girl's or a boy's name?
Nai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Nai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nai, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980. 6 boys were also named Nai in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Nai than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nai in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
Names like Nai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nalani, Noa, Kalani, Kailani, Kehlani, Kaylani, Kai, Meilani, Naylani, Alani, Malani, Nailani
Names related to Nai
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tai, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nai, updated 20 October 2026.