Girls' name · since 1974
Naya
6,563 babies named Naya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,563
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,563 babies have been named Naya since 1974, making it today's #813 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naya has been recorded 6,563 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #813 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #2,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #813 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,563 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naya ranks #2,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #813 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,563 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,563
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naya's 6,563 recorded births place it above 97.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Naya compares
6,563 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Naya's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,563 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 446 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naya's full recorded timeline at 2002, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 446 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 446
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Naya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,541 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Naya's strongest decade.
2,541 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Naya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 602
1990s
602 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,168 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,541 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,163 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,541 births (39% of all-time use).
How Naya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Naya's total volume
Naya by state
Where Naya concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,277 | 19.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 565 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 543 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 493 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 289 | 4.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 228 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 219 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 160 | 2.4% |
1,277 of 6,563 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Naya appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Naya's data
- Naya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,541 total births) through the 2020s (2,163) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nayas (1,277 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Naya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Naya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.