Nayla

Meaning: Gracious
Origin: Variant of Naila (from Arabic)

Girl's name · #1078 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Nayla is climbing: on the charts since 1979, it reached #1078 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 230 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,600 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Nayla ranks in other countries and regions.

#119 in Switzerland (2025) · #148 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #169 in France (2025) · #195 in Netherlands (2025) · #202 in Belgium (2025) · #273 in Ecuador (2025) · #358 in Austria (2025) · #830 in England & Wales (2025) · #885 in Sweden (2025) · #683 in Canada (2024).

Famous Naylas

Nayla Moawad — Lebanese first lady, journalist and politician
Nayla Al Khaja — Emirati film director and screenwriter
Nayla Tueni — Journalist
Nayla Hayek — Swiss businesswoman and horse breeding expert
Nayla Chidiac — Lebanese-French psychologist, writer and poet

What Naylas become

Among 22 notable people named Nayla:

No single standout — notable Naylas spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Naila (#1728) and Nailah (#1829), Nayla would rank around #638 with about 450 births last year — the newborns split about 50/26/24 across Nayla, Naila, and Nailah.

Similar names: Nailah · Safa · Naylani · Rayla · Tala · Aleyna

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