Names / Girl names
Nava
Current rank
#2,231
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,231
in 2025
First recorded
1923
in U.S. data
Children named
1,500
since 1923
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,231 in 2025 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Beautiful, pleasant. It first appears in American naming data in 1923. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Over 1,500 have carried it since records began.