Nayo

Girls' name

Diminutive of Anayo

Nayo has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Nayo, 1995

1 in 732,000

Nayo over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nayo: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Anayo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nayo means

Nayo is a diminutive of Anayo.

Origin, language, and formation

Nayo is used in Asturian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Anayo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Asturian, Nayo is pronounced /ˈnaʝo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Nayo between 1975 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1975; its best national rank was #8,693 in 1975.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nayo?

Nayo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1995, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1995: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,660,254 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1995: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,420 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nayo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1995 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,420 children born in 1995 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nayo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nayos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nayo was born before 1980 — so the typical Nayo is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Nayo 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1975 (6)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,693; 1975

Spellings of Nayo

Nayo is not the most common spelling — Maya is, with 21.4% against Nayo's <0.01%.

Maya21.4%123,587
Kay17.1%98,621
Faye12.5%72,142
May8.6%49,400
Fay5.6%32,059
Anaya3.1%17,997
Gay3.1%17,985
Kaye2.3%13,204

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nayo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,693; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 6 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 1995
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nayo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nayve Nayli Naylie Nayva Nayna Nay Nayvii Nayelii Nayia Naylany Nayma Nayha Nayvi Nayele Nayima Nayiri Naydia Nayela Nayome Nayya Nayan Nayel Naylaa Nayarie

Sibling names for Nayo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cary Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Jamey Chadwick Torrey Federico

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