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How popular is the name Naila?

Births per year, rank history and how many Nailas are alive today.

Naila (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 667th in 2025 with 56 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 60 babies were given the name, the 647th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Naila is one spelling of a name also recorded as Nayla; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Naila you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Nailas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 20, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Naila - on average, only one in every 243 such rooms contains a Naila.

How many babies are named Naila each year?

Includes all spellings: Naila, Nayla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100200020201996: 181997: 201998: 221999: 172000: 212001: 152002: 192003: 92004: 272005: 282006: 322007: 142008: 242009: 332010: 202011: 242012: 302013: 352014: 382015: 392016: 382017: 682018: 552019: 672020: 742021: 842022: 702023: 882024: 1082025: 100actual

Where does the Naila spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,2221997: ranked 1,1261998: ranked 1,0761999: ranked 1,3172000: ranked 1,1392001: ranked 1,7282002: ranked 1,3172003: ranked 1,9962004: ranked 1,0122005: ranked 1,1212006: ranked 1,1192007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 1,4472009: ranked 1,3252010: ranked 1,9012011: ranked 1,6082012: ranked 1,5252013: ranked 1,2912014: ranked 1,4112015: ranked 1,5492016: ranked 1,4722017: ranked 1,1842018: ranked 1,1362019: ranked 8642020: ranked 7922021: ranked 7552022: ranked 8992023: ranked 6572024: ranked 6472025: ranked 667

Where does the Nayla spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 3,8241998: ranked 3,8481999: ranked 3,9002000: ranked 3,2472001: ranked 2,7832002: ranked 3,4092004: ranked 4,5982005: ranked 2,9702006: ranked 2,5092007: ranked 3,6672008: ranked 3,8602009: ranked 2,1482010: ranked 3,5332011: ranked 3,5492012: ranked 2,5212013: ranked 2,6492014: ranked 1,7982015: ranked 1,6012016: ranked 1,8342017: ranked 9492018: ranked 1,3142019: ranked 1,2922020: ranked 1,1642021: ranked 9832022: ranked 1,0812023: ranked 1,0302024: ranked 7762025: ranked 816

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Naila per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 108 in 2024
Naila: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Naila most popular?

Naila peaked in 2024, when 108 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Naila?

At least 1,300 people named Naila in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Naila?

Most living Nailas are between 4 and 20; the most common age is about 2.

Is Naila becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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