Naylaa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Naylaa by the numbers

Naylaa was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Naylaa

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

  • Nayla44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naylah15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naylea16 in the US (2017)
  • Nylaa6 in the US (2017)
  • Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)
  • Nahladrink of water, first drink175 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Naylaa

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

  • Nalasuccessful, graceful66 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nalah60 in the US (2017)
  • Nailea24 in the US (2017)
  • Nalea9 in the US (2017)
  • Nalla7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Naylaa

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