Naya

“Variant of Anaya — God has answered” — Asturian, diminutive of Anaya origin

Girl's name · #813 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Naya is near its high-water mark: it reached #668 in 2021 and still ranked #813 in 2025. About 6,600 girls have carried it since 1974. Together with its spelling variant Naia (#1585), Naya would rank around #621 with about 470 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Naya and Naia.

Around the world: about 1 in 970 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 970 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nayas

Naya Rivera — American actress and singer (1987–2020)
Naya Tapper — American rugby union player (1994-)
Naya Bienstock — Israeli actress
Naya Anindita — Indonesian film director
Naya Vialva — U.S. Virgin Islands soccer player

What Nayas become

Among 27 notable people named Naya:

Entertainers appear 2.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (1987–2020).

Similar names: Naia · Scout · Nailah · Kaiya · Ezra · Aya

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