Naija — #4829 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Naija

The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Naija between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naija currently holds the #4829 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Naija performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Naija shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Naija in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Naija 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 411 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.