girls:
5.9k births since 1974
#2159 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5.9k births since 1974
#3524 (54th percentile)
The name Naya is the #3,524 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,922 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 54.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,159 (62.2% percentile) for all time with 5,922 births since 1974.
Naya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Naya is available in 45 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Naya reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 42.4% percentile (ranked #540) with 247 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 247 births per million (ranked 42.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Naya ranks #631 for girls (33.4% percentile) with 191 births per million, which is 77.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Naya".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Naya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.5% confident that Naya is pronounced as NAH-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAI-uh, at 37.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AA1 Y AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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