girl's name

Naina

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,400

Scotland

#674

2005 births

Naina is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Naina is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 2016, when 50 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 97,513 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1984.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Naina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Naina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 10
1990s 45
2000s 223
2010s 288
2020s (to 2025) 198

How popular is Naina?

In 2025, Naina was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Naina is used

Scotland #674 4 in 2005
England & Wales #1,447 22 in 2025
Canada #2,423 9 in 2024
United States #4,250 34 in 2025
France as Naïna #4,425 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Naina is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Naïna Naïna is a rare spelling of Naina, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 115 times, mostly in France. 115

Names that peaked alongside Naina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Naina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Naina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Naina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Naina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Naina

How popular is the name Naina?

In 2025, Naina was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Naina a girl's or a boy's name?

Naina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Naina?

Naina has 2 syllables.

When was Naina most popular?

Naina peaked in 2016, when 50 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Naina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Naina currently ranks #1,447 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.