Naika

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Naika by the numbers

Naika was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Naika

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 Naika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Naimacomfort; ease; contentment168 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naiawater nymph; from naiad36 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nikavictory; a form of Nike76 in the US (2017)
  • Nairaleading, directing; from nayati29 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nainaeyes22 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Naika

Names that are said the same way as Naika, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Nakaiinside the middle; a Japanese surname used as given name37 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Naika

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