Girls' name · since 1992
Naija
Naija has 419 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
419 babies have been named Naija since 1992, making it today's #11319 girls' name.
Naija has 419 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11319 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #13,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,319 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 419 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naija ranks #13,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,319 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 419 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naija's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Naija compares
419 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Naija's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naija | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 419 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naija's full recorded timeline at 2009, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Naija by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Naija's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Naija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (30% of all-time use).
Naija by state
Where Naija concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
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- Florida records the most Naijas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Naija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Naija draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.