Nayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-YAH-nah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Nayana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “eye”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Nayana mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nayana
“eye”
From the Sanskrit word for eye, from a root meaning 'to lead, guide'.
Is Nayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Nayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Nayana, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nayana in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Nicknames for Nayana
- Naya 60 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Anaya, Amira, Khadija, Aaliyah, Amaya, Hafsa, Maya, Halima, Aisha, Hiba, Isha
Names related to Nayana
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Nayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayana, updated 20 October 2026.