Nayana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nayana: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,530 in 2002, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1530highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2783
2002	#1530
2003	#2727
2004	#1617
2005	#1934
2006	#3548
2007	#1854
2008	#2721
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2014	#4003
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#2711
2024	#4843

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 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1530 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nayana 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 Nayana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	80	9 of 10	9
2010s	25	7 of 10	4
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Nayana 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1530 in England and Wales in 2002.

Nayana'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,530, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

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.

Nayah · #2504, 19y
Nayan · #938, 28y
Nayara · #2286, 17y
Nayel · #857, 12y

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.

Aliyyah · #1530, 21y
Awa · #1530, 25y
Damla · #1530, 22y
Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aliyyah · #1530, 21y
Damla · #1530, 22y
Ziad · #1533, 27y
Kenji · #1534, 21y

Nayana 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 Nayana without appearing here.

Nayana moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #4634.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2167 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Nayana

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Marilyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2843.
Eabha Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3156.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Nayana

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #3225 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #3225 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Dylan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #2167 to #4843 while Dylan went from #3912 to #1743.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #2167 to #4843 while Marilyn went from #3247 to #1541.

Moved the same way as Nayana

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #2167 to #4843 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #3824 to #5666 and Finlay from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #3824 to #5666 and Helene from #1802 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nayana went from #3824 to #5666 and Jayden from #2411 to #5666.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1530 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nayana

Nayana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nayana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nayana at a glance

Nayana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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