Nayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Nayah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Nayah come from?
Spelling of Naya; found in several cultures; in Hindi naya is the word for new
Meaning borrowed from Naya.
Is Nayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Nayah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the UK were given Nayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #329, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Nayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Nayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Nayah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Nayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 649 girls in the US were given Nayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #489, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Nayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Nayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Hiba, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Rahma, Safaa, Summer
Other spellings of Nayah
Names related to Nayah
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, “Nayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayah, updated 20 October 2026.