Girls' name · since 1964
Naja
1,275 babies named Naja in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,275
- born since 1964
- 1990s
- peak decade
Naja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,275 recorded since 1964.
Naja has 1,275 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2023.
- #6,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,275 born since 1964
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naja ranks #6,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,275 born since 1964, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,275
- born since 1964
- 1990s
- peak decade
Naja's 1,275 recorded births place it above 91.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Naja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naja's full recorded timeline at 1996, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 150 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naja popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2023
- Peak year (1998)
- 150
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Naja popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2005 (Naja as boys' name)
Naja by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (482 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Naja's strongest decade.
482 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Naja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 89
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
205 births
- 1990s
1990s
482 births
- 2000s
2000s
369 births
- 2010s 102
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 482 births (38% of all-time use).
How Naja compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Naja's total volume
Naja by state
Where Naja concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 89 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 67 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 43 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 26 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 20 | 1.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Texas | | 15 | 1.2% |
89 of 1,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Naja appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Naja's data
- Naja's decade-level peak was the 1990s (482 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Najas (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Naja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1964–2023 (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 Naja 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.