Naila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #723 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,721 for girls
Naila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “achiever, one who attains”. In 2025 it ranked 723rd for girls in the UK (56 babies) and 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).
What does Naila mean?
Arabic: feminine of Nail
“achiever, one who attains”
Na'ila was the wife of the third caliph, Uthman, and was wounded trying to shield him from his assassins.
Is Naila a girl's or a boy's name?
Naila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the UK and 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 723rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 5,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were named Naila, making it the 723rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 823rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 60 girls.
Half of all the girls named Naila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 446 girls in the UK were given Naila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #145, up from #723 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 667th in England and Wales.
Naila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #723 |
| 2024 | 60 | #687 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 48 | #823 |
| 2019 | 43 | #909 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Naila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Naila, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 231 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer girls named Naila than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Naila in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,141 girls in the US were given Naila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #168, up from #1,721 for this spelling alone.
Naila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,721 |
| 2024 | 150 | #1,457 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,348 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,560 |
| 2021 | 145 | #1,476 |
| 2020 | 158 | #1,373 |
| 2019 | 231 | #1,083 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,338 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 98 | #2,016 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,225 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Naila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Layla, Hafsa, Noa, Hiba, Amira, Zainab, Khadija, Ayla, Rahma, Huda, Noura
Other spellings of Naila
Names related to Naila
Nala, Nila, Nuala, Nayla, Nahla, Nalah, Nilah, Nailea, Naliyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Naila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naila, updated 20 October 2026.