Nayla Girl
How popular is Nayla?
#1,076 girl name in 2025
225 baby girls were named Nayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1076th most popular girl name.
Nayla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,076 for girls (▲ 396 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 225 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #1,291 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (225 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,076 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nayla family of names ranked #573 for girls in 2025 (#630 the year before), with 493 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nayla is most popular
Babies named Nayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Nayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1980s | 47 | #6,210 |
| 1990s | 184 | #3,096 |
| 2000s | 805 | #1,756 |
| 2010s | 1,457 | #1,259 |
| 2020s | 1,080 | #1,076 |
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Questions
- Is Nayla a boy or girl name?
- Nayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Nayla?
- 225 baby girls were named Nayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1076th most popular girl name.
- When was Nayla most popular?
- Nayla peaked in 2025, when 225 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,076 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nayla?
- 3,579 babies have been named Nayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,557 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Nayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nayla was most common in Rhode Island, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.