Nayah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nayah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nayah: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #2,504, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2504highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2005	#3970
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#2504
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2504 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010s	52	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nayah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2504 in England and Wales in 2023.

Nayah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,504, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nayab · #1996, 22y
Nayan · #938, 28y
Nayana · #1530, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lillith · #2504, 17y
Apolline · #2502, 14y
Arshdeep · #2501, 14y
Ky-Mani · #2507, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Lillith · #2504, 17y
Mallie · #2504, 12y
Naysa · #2504, 13y
Apolline · #2502, 14y

Nayah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nayah without appearing here.

Nayah moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #5730.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Nayah

Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2340.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3318.
Malin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #3970.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Nayah

Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayah went from #2945 to #4192 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2504 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nayah

Nayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nayah appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Nayah and the names beside it

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Nayah at a glance

Nayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nayah appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Nayah and the names beside it

Nayah moved ahead of

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