Naya Girl
How popular is Naya?
#812 girl name in 2025
336 baby girls were named Naya in the US in 2025, making it the 812th most popular girl name.
Naya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #812 for girls (▲ 86 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 336 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #777 in 2015, #753 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (446 girls) |
| Highest rank | #668 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Naya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Naya family of names ranked #567 for girls in 2025 (#633 the year before), with 502 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Naya | 336 | 67% |
| Naia | 133 | 26% |
| Nayah | 21 | 4% |
| Naiah | 12 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Naya is most popular
Babies named Naya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.5 per 1,000 (94 girls)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (417 girls)
- Hawaii: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.4 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Naya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31 | #5,214 |
| 1980s | 58 | #6,318 |
| 1990s | 602 | #1,291 |
| 2000s | 1,168 | #1,201 |
| 2010s | 2,541 | #774 |
| 2020s | 2,163 | #668 |
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Questions
- Is Naya a boy or girl name?
- Naya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Naya were girls.
- How popular is the name Naya?
- 336 baby girls were named Naya in the US in 2025, making it the 812th most popular girl name.
- When was Naya most popular?
- Naya peaked in 2021, when 446 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #668 in 2021.
- How many people are named Naya?
- 6,563 babies have been named Naya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,520 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Naya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Naya was most common in Michigan, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.