Najay — unisex name
26 babies named Najay in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Najay was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Najay in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Najay
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Najay between 1999 and 2008, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Najay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Najay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Najay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Najay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Najay 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 26 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.
Najay at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Najay popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1999
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
26 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 9 births in a single year.
Najay popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 1999 (Najay as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Najay accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Najay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 19 births that decade — 73% of Najay's all-time total
Najay decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Najay's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2008 (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.