Nai
#8,705 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nai has been given to 389 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #8,705 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1984, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.
Babies named Nai, 2025
1 in 276,000
Nai over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nai over time
In 2025, Nai went to 67% girls and 33% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nai?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 276,000
- 12 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 134,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #8,705
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 191,493 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nai sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nais were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nai was born before 2000 — so the typical Nai is around 25 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 30.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 49.2%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 307
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (94).
Is Nai rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +667
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,582
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,244
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.09×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 75.0%
- Peak was 1984 (16)
- Years since peak
- 41
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 45.4% average annual change
Where Nai is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Nai was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 179,640 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Oregon1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nai has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Nai is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Nai was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 830,129 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nai has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Nai around the world
Where Nai ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2018–2022#5,670in 2022
- France2025–2025#6,313in 2025
- Canada2021–2021#3,354in 2021
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Nai by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nai
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nai
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.