Nakaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Nakaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nakaya come from?
Modern: probably Na- + Kaya, an invented name
Is Nakaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Nakaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Nakaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Anaya, Araya, Naya, Janiyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Amya, Zaniyah, Samaya, Avaya
Names related to Nakaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Nakaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakaya, updated 20 October 2026.