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Navya

Girl · NAV-ya · Sanskrit

Navya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “new, young”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 2,139th for girls in the US (87 babies).

What does Navya mean?

Sanskrit

“new, young”

From Sanskrit navya, 'new' or 'fresh', related to nava, the word behind names such as Navraj and Naveen.

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Is Navya a girl's or a boy's name?

Navya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 87 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Navya in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,280among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Navya, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 girls.

Half of all the girls named Navya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Navya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 27 in 20162025
Navya in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#1,280
202424#1,397
202321#1,560
202226#1,325
202122#1,491
202019#1,647
201923#1,439
201825#1,375
201724#1,455
201627#1,324
201518#1,739
201414#2,076
201324#1,433
201216#1,914
201123#1,421
20107#3,308
20090–
20086#3,589
20079#2,543
20069#2,451
20057#2,806
20043#4,789

How popular is Navya in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,139among girls
Babies in 2025
87about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 87 girls in the US were named Navya, making it the 2,139th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.

2025 had fewer girls named Navya than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Navya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Navya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #2,139 for this spelling alone.

1994Busiest: 127 in 20172025
Navya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202587#2,139
2024106#1,884
202391#2,107
202298#1,992
202193#2,057
202072#2,416
2019105#1,898
2018109#1,852
2017127#1,686
2016116#1,785
2015111#1,850
2014119#1,746
2013118#1,744
201294#2,047
201195#2,043
201073#2,514
200967#2,704
200852#3,221
200763#2,858
200658#2,939
200550#3,122
200441#3,562
200336#3,801
200233#3,885
200121#5,359
200025#4,644
199917#5,890
199810#8,579
199711#7,737
19968#9,576
19950–
19945#13,423

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