# Naina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/naina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 764 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 764 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 373, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नैना (nainā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,648 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,015 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,188 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,736 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,204 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,267 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,778 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,965 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,999 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,127 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,924 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,439 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,428 |
| 2024 | 48 | 3,320 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,242 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## People named Naina

- Naina Yeltsina, former First Lady of Russia

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.