Naimah — #6706 US girls' name
1,641 babies named Naimah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Naimah was born in this single decade.
77 babies were named Naimah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naimah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,641 babies named Naimah between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naimah currently holds the #6706 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 77 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naimah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 442 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Naimah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Naimah in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naimah 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 1,641 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.
Naimah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Naimah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2011)
- 77
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #6706 among girls.
1,641 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 77 births in a single year.
Naimah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 442 births that decade — 27% of Naimah's all-time total
Naimah decade highlights
- Peak decade 442 births
- Runner-up 411 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Naimah's strongest decade
442 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Naimah by state
Where Naimah concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 166 | 10.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 114 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 101 | 6.2% |
| #4 | California | | 68 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 45 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 28 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Texas | | 19 | 1.2% |
166 of 1,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 6.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.2% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Naimah appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1976–2024 (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.