Naila

“Gracious” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1728 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Naila reached its best rank, #1085, in 2019 and ranked #1728 in 2025. About 3,200 girls have carried it since 1953. Together with its spelling variants Nayla (#1078) and Nailah (#1829), Naila would rank around #638 with about 450 births last year — the newborns split about 50/26/24 across Nayla, Naila, and Nailah.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 2,500 girls in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nailas

Nailä Ğiläcevä — Russian fencer
Naila Kabeer — British economist
Naila Nazir — cricketer
Naila Kiani — Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer
Naila Nayem — Bangladeshi model and actress

What Nailas become

Among 55 notable people named Naila:

Entertainers appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Naila Jaffri, Pakistani actress.

Similar names: Nayla · Aleyah · Nailea · Baila · Zhuri · Leyla

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