Nayra
Nayra is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nayra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nayra is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Nayra
American parents first put Nayra on the record books as a baby girl name in 1988, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 35 Nayras were born — ranking #4,123 that year. About 42% of every Nayra on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Nayra ranks #4,123 for baby girls with 35 births, rising sharply (+26% over the past five years). All told, over 532 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nayra
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About the name Nayra
Nayra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 532 births in the dataset. Nayra's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #4,123. Use the chart and map above to compare Nayra'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.