Nayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #865 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,076 for girls
Nayla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “achiever, one who attains”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 1,076th for girls in the US (225 babies).
What does Nayla mean?
Arabic: spelling of Naila
“achiever, one who attains”
A spelling of Naila, the feminine form of the Arabic name Nail.
Is Nayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 225 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 865th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Nayla, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 48 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Nayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #865 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 816th in England and Wales.
Nayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 48 | #826 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 39 | #1,009 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 225 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 225 girls in the US were named Nayla, making it the 1,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,291st. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had the most girls named Nayla of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Nayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 297 girls in the US were given Nayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #843, up from #1,076 for this spelling alone.
Nayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 225 | #1,076 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 169 | #1,339 |
| 2022 | 183 | #1,292 |
| 2021 | 183 | #1,269 |
| 2020 | 172 | #1,291 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,259 |
| 2018 | 180 | #1,276 |
| 2017 | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,496 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,437 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,706 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,487 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,733 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,715 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 124 | #1,756 |
| 2008 | 90 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,065 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Nayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Rahma, Ayah, Huda, Amira, Khadija, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Safaa
Other spellings of Nayla
Names related to Nayla
Nyla, Nylah, Nala, Naila, Nuala, Nahla, Nayeli, Naliyah, Nalah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Nayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayla, updated 20 October 2026.