Naja — girls' name

What the Data Says About Naja

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,275 babies named Naja between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 150 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Naja performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Naja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Naja in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Naja 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 1,275 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.