Naila
Naila or Na'ila is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning "gracious".
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Naila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Naila or Na'ila is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning "gracious".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Naila
Naila first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1953, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 231 births, good for #1,082 nationwide. About 34% of every Naila on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Naila ranks #1,448 for baby girls with 152 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Naila
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Naila. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Naila
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Naila Al Atrash , Syrian actress and director
- Na'ila bint al-Furafisa , wife of third Rashidun caliph Uthman
- Naila Boss , British rapper
- Naila Faran , Saudi doctor
- Naila Hassan , New Zealand police officer
- Naila Isayeva , Azerbaijani pedagogue
- Naila Kabeer , Indian-Bangladeshi economist
- Naila Munir , Pakistani politician
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Names that sound like Naila
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About the name Naila
Naila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Naila's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #1,082. Use the chart and map above to compare Naila's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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