Girls' name · since 1988
Najat
166 babies named Najat in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
166 girls have been named Najat since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Najat has been recorded 166 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #21,737 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Najat ranks #21,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Najat's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Najat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Najat splits its recorded history at 2011: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Najat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Najat by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Najat's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Najat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Najat's decade-level peak was the 2010s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 20 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 Najat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Najat 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.