Naia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,019 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,581 for girls
Naia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 1,581st for girls in the US (133 babies).
What does Naia mean?
Used in several languages; source uncertain
Sometimes linked with the naiads, the water nymphs of Greek myth, though its source is uncertain.
Is Naia a girl's or a boy's name?
Naia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK and 133 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,019th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Naia, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 57 girls.
Half of all the girls named Naia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the UK were given Naia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #329, up from #1,019 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 973rd in England and Wales.
Naia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #1,019 |
| 2024 | 57 | #717 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 41 | #926 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Naia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,581st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 133 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were named Naia, making it the 1,581st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,704th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 143 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Naia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 649 girls in the US were given Naia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #489, up from #1,581 for this spelling alone.
Naia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,581 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 143 | #1,506 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,560 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,704 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 94 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 83 | #2,256 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,729 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Naia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Ayah, Hiba, Ayra, Aaliyah, Ayla, Raya, Rahma, Aiza, Amira
Other spellings of Naia
Names related to Naia
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, “Naia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naia, updated 20 October 2026.