Navaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-VAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Navaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Navaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Navaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Navaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Navaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Navaya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Navaya than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Navaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Navaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Navaya, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Navaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 girls in the US were given Navaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,255, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Navaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Navaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Avaya, Anvika, Saanvi, Navya, Saanvika, Pranshi, Aavya, Anaya, Arya, Hanvika, Aadhya
Other spellings of Navaya
Names related to Navaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Navaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/navaya, updated 20 October 2026.