Naif — #11244 US boys' name
162 babies named Naif in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
69% of everyone ever named Naif was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Naif in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naif
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Naif between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naif currently holds the #11244 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Naif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Naif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naif 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 162 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.
Naif at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Naif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2013)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #11244 among boys.
162 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 19 births in a single year.
Naif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 69% of Naif's all-time total
Naif decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naif's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Naif by state
Where Naif concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 162 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% 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, 1981–2024 (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.