Girls' name · since 1995
Naijah
Naijah has 225 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naijah currently ranks #13830 among girls' names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 1995.
Naijah has 225 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13830 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #18,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naijah ranks #18,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naijah's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naijah compares
225 39th percentile among 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
Naijah's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naijah splits its recorded history at 2008: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Naijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Naijah's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Naijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Naijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Naijah 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.