Nayara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-YAH-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Nayara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Nayara come from?
Form of Basque Naiara, linked to the town of Najera; popular in Brazil and Spain
Is Nayara a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Nayara, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Nayara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Nayara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Nayara, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had the most girls named Nayara of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Nayara in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Nayara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Khadija Anaya Hafsa Raya Abeeha Ayra Liyana Nusaybah Inaya Amaya
Names related to Nayara
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, “Nayara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayara, updated 20 October 2026.