Given name & surname
Navia
Navia is a surname from Galician. It is used in English and Galician.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Navia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 629
- 0 boys · 629 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,187 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,187 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 578 as a first name in 2020; 914 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Navia’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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