# Naya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/naya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,563 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,563 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 782, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 141 | 1,562 |
| 2012 | 168 | 1,389 |
| 2013 | 244 | 1,022 |
| 2014 | 362 | 777 |
| 2015 | 363 | 778 |
| 2016 | 330 | 855 |
| 2017 | 276 | 961 |
| 2018 | 271 | 977 |
| 2019 | 257 | 1,005 |
| 2020 | 361 | 754 |
| 2021 | 446 | 668 |
| 2022 | 387 | 749 |
| 2023 | 337 | 821 |
| 2024 | 296 | 899 |
| 2025 | 336 | 813 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 36 | 1,005 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 48 | 804 |
| 2017 | 38 | 968 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 35 | 996 |
| 2020 | 67 | 582 |
| 2021 | 91 | 469 |
| 2022 | 64 | 596 |
| 2023 | 55 | 657 |
| 2024 | 72 | 539 |
| 2025 | 51 | 719 |

## People named Naya

- Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (1987–2020)
- Naya Tapper, American rugby union player (1994-)

## 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.