Najee

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 86.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#704
1993 · 217 births
Debut · boys
1977
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,755
since 1977

Najee over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #3,087, 1995peak #704, 1993girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,39917
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,62931
2022—#2,91943
2021—#3,18037
2020—#4,27523
2019—#3,42633
2018—#3,70829
2017—#3,51831
2016—#4,32723
2015—#3,59130
2014—#2,98538
2013—#4,06424
2012#14,9626#3,62529
2011—#3,99425
2010#14,9596#3,23934
2009#15,2426#3,22335
2008—#2,46751
2007#12,6768#2,44252
2006—#2,65944
2005#11,8348#2,36549
2004#12,7617#2,37647
2003#6,57617#1,81565
2002#7,81613#1,68270
2001#8,75811#1,47283
2000#4,40027#1,57375
1999#4,87022#1,142115
1998#5,58318#948148
1997#3,16137#1,143108
1996#3,14937#914143
1995#3,08737#931142
1994#4,52122#881151
1993#3,77628#704217
1992#4,52822#923132
1991#3,93626#856149
1990#5,28617#937121
1989#5,04917#962112
1988#5,32115#1,16475
1987#6,78810#1,43950
1986——
1985—#6,5235
1984—#4,9737
1983—#5,4846
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1981—#5,4686
1980—#4,9407
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1978—#3,61410
1977—#5,8455
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Najee! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Najee is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,023 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,844 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedWIMichigan: #674 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,145 boysMINew York: #542 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 6,037 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #280 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,381 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,266 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 26,389 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedALGeorgia: #558 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,573 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Najee, so not publishedTXFlorida: #869 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,101 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#280 · 1 in 2,381
  2. New York#542 · 1 in 6,037
  3. Georgia#558 · 1 in 5,573
  4. Michigan#674 · 1 in 10,145
  5. Florida#869 · 1 in 13,101

Best ever in a state: #193 in New Jersey, 1991.

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New Jersey#280231 in 2,381
New York#542231 in 6,037
Georgia#55891 in 5,573
Michigan#67471 in 10,145
Florida#86971 in 13,101
Illinois#1,02351 in 17,844
California#1,266111 in 26,389
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Najee
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,503 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #5,399)
  • 1,124 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,399)
  • 1,808 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1993 (#923 → #704)
  • Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1997 (#914 → #1,143)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1993 at #704 (217 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1989–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,038
  • Highest: 1 in 9,038 boys born in 1993 were named Najee (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 51.8% of all boys named Najee (1,426) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s15#3,614 (1978)#4,730
1980s268#962 (1989)#3,869
1990s1,426#704 (1993)#938
2000s571#1,472 (2001)#2,207
2010s296#2,985 (2014)#3,648
2020s179#2,919 (2022)#3,883

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Najee in 1990

girls
#5,286
17 births · 1 in 111,679 girls
boys
#937
121 births · 1 in 16,976 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #5,286Najee17

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #937Najee121
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 111,679 of them was named Najee, which outranked 65.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Najee
  1. #5,060Yuki18
  2. #5,060Yvonna18
  3. #5,060Zelda18
  4. #5,286Najee17
  5. #5,286Abrielle17
  6. #5,286Adena17
  7. #5,286Adrea17
  8. #5,549Adrean16
  9. #5,549Ahlam16
  10. #5,549Aidan16

Tied with 262 names at #5,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 16,976 of them was named Najee, which outranked 90.1% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Najee
  1. #933Elvin122
  2. #933Jeffry122
  3. #933Laurence122
  4. #937Najee121
  5. #937Abdul121
  6. #937Alexandre121
  7. #937Antione121
  8. #948Wilbert120
  9. #949Alden119
  10. #949Camden119

Tied with 10 names at #937; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →