Naiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-a
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Naiah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Naiah mean?
Spelling of Naia; used in several languages; source uncertain
Sometimes linked with the naiads, the water nymphs of Greek myth, though its source is uncertain.
Meaning borrowed from Naia.
Is Naiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Naiah, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Naiah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Naiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 649 girls in the US were given Naiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #489, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Naiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Naiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Naziyah, Zaniyah, Safa, Zaliyah, Nusaybah, Zaya, Hadassah, Aaliyah, Salem, Zainab, Zayla, Aziyah
Other spellings of Naiah
Names related to Naiah
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, “Naiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naiah, updated 20 October 2026.