Naja
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 150 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,275since 1964
Naja over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Naja has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,133 | 71 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,219 | 150 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five girls were named Naja! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Naja is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Naja in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Naja
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1998 at #1,219 (150 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,780
- Highest: 1 in 11,780 girls born in 1998 were named Naja (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 37.8% of all girls named Naja (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,767 (1964) | #6,767 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,425 (1977) | #5,785 |
| 1980s | 205 | #2,330 (1988) | #4,697 |
| 1990s | 482 | #1,219 (1998) | #3,175 |
| 2000s | 369 | #2,508 (2000) | #4,376 |
| 2010s | 102 | #6,564 (2011) | #10,103 |
| 2020s | 23 | #10,383 (2022) | #11,595 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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