Nayra
Girl · NY-ra · Arabic
Nayra is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Nayra mean?
Arabic: possibly a form of Nayyira
Often linked to the Arabic Nayyira, 'luminous'; it is also used in Spain and Latin America.
- Say it
- NY-ra
Is Nayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Nayra, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Nayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Nayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Nayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Nayra, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most girls named Nayra of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Nayra in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 287 girls in the US were given Nayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #855, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Nayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Nayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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