Naylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Naylah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who attains”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Naylah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nailah
“one who attains”
A spelling of Nailah; Naila bint al-Furafisa, wife of the caliph Uthman, was wounded defending him in 656.
Is Naylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Naylah, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Naylah of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Naylah 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 Naylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Naylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Naylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Naylah, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more girls named Naylah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Naylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 297 girls in the US were given Naylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #843, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Naylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Naylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Ayah Zainab Hafsa Aaliyah Ruqayyah Hiba Izzah Rahma Sumayyah Safaa
Other spellings of Naylah
Names related to Naylah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Naylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naylah, updated 20 October 2026.