Naba — #9870 US girls' name
256 babies named Naba in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Naba was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Naba in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naba
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Naba between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naba currently holds the #9870 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naba performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Naba shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Naba in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 256 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Naba at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #9870 among girls.
256 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 21 births in a single year.
Naba by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 132 births that decade — 52% of Naba's all-time total
Naba decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naba's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Naba by state
Where Naba concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 4.3% |
11 of 256 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.