Najah
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
- Given to girls 98.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,857since 1969
Najah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Najah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #1,832 | 101 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,647 | 101 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,690 | 94 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,819 | 78 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,267 | 57 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Najah! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Najah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Najah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5,000 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #11,932)
- 6,445 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #11,932)
- 6,279 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1999 at #1,647 (101 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs 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 17,563
- Highest: 1 in 17,563 girls born in 1999 were named Najah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 36.0% of all girls named Najah (668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,860 (1979) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 240 | #2,614 (1981) | #3,738 |
| 1990s | 668 | #1,647 (1999) | #2,174 |
| 2000s | 551 | #1,832 (2003) | #3,175 |
| 2010s | 195 | #5,247 (2010) | #6,456 |
| 2020s | 95 | #5,487 (2020) | #7,494 |
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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