Given name
Naina
Naina is a feminine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in English and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 764
- 0 boys · 764 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #4,242 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,242 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 2016. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,270 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naina’s family of names
In English usage, Naina has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Наина.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Naina
- Naina Yeltsinaformer First Lady of Russiaborn 1932
- Naina Lal KidwaiIndian bankerborn 1957
- Naina JaiswalIndian Table Tennis Playerborn 2000
- Naina SinghIndian actressborn 1994
- Naina GangulyIndian actressborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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