Naiara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-AH-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Naiara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Naiara mean?
Basque form of Najera, a town in La Rioja
In the Basque Country it honours Santa Maria la Real de Najera, a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
Is Naiara a girl's or a boy's name?
Naiara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naiara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Naiara, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Naiara of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Naiara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Naiara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Naiara, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Naiara in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were given Naiara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,946, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
- Nahiara 41
- Naiara 41
Naiara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Naiara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra Maeva Safa Liyana Amira Amara Sienna Khadija Hafsa Abeeha Nusaybah Nova
Other spellings of Naiara
Names related to Naiara
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, “Naiara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naiara, updated 20 October 2026.