Naiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Naiah by the numbers
Naiah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Naiah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Naiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)
- Naiawater nymph; from naiad36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Niahbright or radiant; a respelling of Niamh15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Naimahcomfort or ease26 in the US (2017)
- NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
- Nasiahlifted up by God, rescued by God20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Naiah
Names that are said the same way as Naiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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