Girl's name
Naya
Say it NY-uh
2 syllables
Where Naya is loved, common and rare
Common in Israel. Rare in five German cities, France, Switzerland and 13 more places.
1 in 1,457 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
Israel 20thFrance 196thSwitzerland 203rd
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Every place
In 21 of the 40 official lists, among them Israel (20th), France (196th) and Switzerland (203rd).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel נאיה | 20th 2024 | 711 | about 1 in 110 |
| France | 196th 2025 | 295 | 1 in 972 |
| Switzerland | 203rd 2025 | 35 | 1 in 971 |
| Sweden | 241st 2025 | 32 | about 1 in 1,255 |
| Berlin city | 257th 2023 | 12 | about 1 in 1,209 |
| Ontario province | 265th 2024 | 47 | about 1 in 1,159 |
| Northern Ireland | 290th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 1,457 |
| Cologne city | 308th 2023 | 3 | about 1 in 2,048 |
| Catalonia region | 311th 2025 | 11 | 1 in 1,752 |
| British Columbia province | 348th 2023 | 9 | about 1 in 1,329 |
| The Netherlands | 399th 2025 | 33 | about 1 in 1,849 |
| Quebec province | 440th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 2,364 |
| Austria | 515th 2025 | 9 | 1 in 3,969 |
| Scotland | 632nd 2025 | 4 | 1 in 4,473 |
| Poland | 706th 2025 | 2 | 1 in 59,894 |
| Ireland | 718th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 5,282 |
| England and Wales | 719th 2025 | 51 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Italy | 2199th 2024 | 3 | 1 in 59,723 |
| Leipzig city | 156th 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 875 |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Munich, Norway, Spain, Hungary and Slovenia.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Naya has no recorded origin, meaning or etymology, so the most that can be said with certainty is how it sounds and where it is used.
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Two syllables, said NY-uh, with the stress on the first. It is short and light, easy to say in many languages, and it has no common alternative spellings.
Israel is where it is most popular, as a top-20 name. It is also used in France and Switzerland, and in the English-speaking world it appears in Ontario, Northern Ireland and British Columbia. It is used in about twenty regions and rising in nine of them. French records place its peak in 2021, which marks it clearly as a recent choice rather than an older one.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- NY-uh, 2 syllables
Over time
Over five years: rising in 9 of 18 regions, falling in 2.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 804 | 968 | 864 | 996 | 582 | 469 | 596 | 657 | 539 | 719 |
| Scotland | 798 | 493 | 765 | 339 | 625 | 333 | 632 | |||
| Northern Ireland | 290 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 750 | 734 | 896 | 871 | 661 | 631 | 718 | |||
| Ontario | 414 | 337 | 386 | 301 | 245 | 279 | 241 | 322 | 265 | |
| British Columbia | 455 | 370 | 331 | 215 | 231 | 355 | 348 | |||
| Quebec | 454 | 707 | 730 | 503 | 436 | 458 | 432 | 427 | 323 | 440 |
| France | 298 | 301 | 243 | 159 | 139 | 138 | 150 | 156 | 180 | 196 |
| The Netherlands | 665 | 731 | 481 | 482 | 538 | 447 | 452 | 399 | ||
| Austria | 502 | 433 | 664 | 441 | 736 | 538 | 541 | 464 | 678 | 515 |
| Switzerland | 445 | 546 | 427 | 362 | 209 | 212 | 212 | 304 | 242 | 203 |
| Berlin | 458 | 472 | 252 | 398 | 320 | 242 | 368 | 257 | ||
| Leipzig | 257 | 243 | 254 | 357 | 156 | |||||
| Rostock | 228 | 202 | 166 | |||||||
| Sweden | 269 | 207 | 226 | 178 | 187 | 159 | 199 | 212 | 268 | 241 |
| Catalonia | 498 | 347 | 486 | 373 | 204 | 289 | 365 | 425 | 311 | |
| Italy | 1368 | 2258 | 2199 | |||||||
| Israel | 180 | 162 | 143 | 120 | 93 | 62 | 45 | 26 | 20 |
England and Wales, 1999 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 719 | 51 | 20.1 |
| 2024 | 539 | 72 | 27.9 |
| 2023 | 657 | 55 | 21.4 |
| 2022 | 596 | 64 | 24.3 |
| 2021 | 469 | 91 | 33.2 |
| 2020 | 582 | 67 | 25.0 |
| 2019 | 996 | 35 | 12.5 |
| 2018 | 864 | 43 | 14.9 |
| 2017 | 968 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 2016 | 804 | 48 | 15.6 |
| 2015 | 1033 | 34 | 11.0 |
| 2014 | 1005 | 36 | 11.7 |
| 2013 | 1098 | 32 | 10.4 |
| 2012 | 1583 | 19 | 5.9 |
| 2011 | 1807 | 15 | 4.7 |
| 2010 | 1901 | 14 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | 1909 | 13 | 4.1 |
| 2008 | 2487 | 9 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | 2627 | 8 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 3548 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | 2970 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 2802 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 2003 | 3594 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 2868 | 5 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 2783 | 5 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 3912 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 3225 | 4 | 1.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Naya in France since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 1990. Her peak year there: 2021, at 133.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Naya per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Naya
1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 4,444 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Naya. Same first letter as Naya.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Naya.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Aliya.
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Naya. Same first letter as Naya.
1 in 5,964 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 3,166 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 1,627 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 1,481 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Naya.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Naya.
Middle names for Naya
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Naya Grace
2-1 beats · initials NG
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Naya Olivia
2-4 beats · initials NO · Naya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Naya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Naya Sophia
2-3 beats · initials NS
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Naya Maria
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Naya Rose
2-1 beats · initials NR
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Naya Emily
2-3 beats · initials NE · Naya slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Naya slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Naya Julia
2-3 beats · initials NJ
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Naya Miriam
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Naya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Naya
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,627 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,195 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,554 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 617 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 778 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 2,236 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Naya across countries and decades.
Famous people named Naya
Naya Rivera.
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American actress and singer (1987–2020)
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Questions about Naya
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Naya?
Her best rank is No. 20 in Israel in 2024, about 1 in 110 girls. She is in the published lists of 21 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Naya?
NY-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Naya getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 9 of 18 regions, falling in 2.
Which sister names go with Naya?
The deck's top five sisters for Naya: Malia, Nour, Aliyah, Noor and Camila. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.