Girls' name · since 2000
Nayanna
109 babies named Nayanna in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
109 girls have been named Nayanna since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayanna has been recorded 109 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2017.
- #26,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayanna ranks #26,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nayanna's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nayanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nayanna splits its recorded history at 2008: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nayanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nayanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (74 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Nayanna's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Nayanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 74 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Nayanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nayanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2000–2017 (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 Nayanna 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.