Naiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NYE-uh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Naiya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
Where does Naiya come from?
Variant of Naia or Naya; also resembles the Hindi word for a boat
Is Naiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Naiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Naiya, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 22 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Naiya than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Naiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Naiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Naiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Naiya, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Naiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 81 | #2,290 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Naiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Aaliyah Ayah Rahma Summer Safaa Huda Amira Nusaybah
Names related to Naiya
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, “Naiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naiya, updated 20 October 2026.