How rare is the name Naya?

4,458 people in the United States have the first name Naya, about 1 in 67,750. It ranks #4,264 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NAYA

#4,264

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,458
About
1 in 67,750
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,458 people named Naya, 28.8% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 26.3% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Naya peaked in 2021, when 446 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
446
In 2025*
336 ▼25%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,563 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Naya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,483. The largest share of babies named Naya, 65%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#14,59931
1980s#13,68058
1990s#3,782602
2000s#2,9911,168
2010s#1,8742,541
2020s#1,4832,163
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–964.4%
Generation Z 1997–1230%
2013 and later65%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Naya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Naya has been most common in Florida (2.9×), California (2.6×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in Tennessee (0.32×).

4,955 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Naya

1 other first name also has 4,458 people.

#4,264 Delmy · 4,458

Either side of Naya

#4,263 Gibson · 4,463#4,264 Delmy · 4,458#4,266 Deysi · 4,455#4,266 Jacalyn · 4,455

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Naya, most common first.

#8,530 Nay · 1,698#9,234 Naia · 1,520#10,003 Naiya · 1,354#21,264 Nayah · 479#24,570 Naa · 391#42,623 Naoya · 168#47,857 Nayo · 135

Also a last name

As a last name, Naya ranks #91,558 of 156,621, with 216 people. See Naya as a last name

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