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Nayla

“Variant of Naila — Gracious” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1076 in the US (2025) · Trending

Nayla has appeared in US records since 1979 — best rank #1076 (2025) · 3,579 babies named Nayla all-time · 1 in 7,100 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 530 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 850 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 850 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Naylas

• Nayla Moawad — Lebanese first lady, journalist and politician
• Nayla Al Khaja — Emirati film director and screenwriter
• Nayla Tueni — journalist
• Nayla Hayek — Swiss businesswoman and horse breeding expert
• Nayla Chidiac — Lebanese-French psychologist, writer and poet

What Naylas become

Among 21 notable people named Nayla:

No single standout — notable Naylas spread across many fields.

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