Naje — unisex name
111 babies named Naje in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Naje was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Naje in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naje
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Naje between 1993 and 2005, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naje currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Naje is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 37 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naje performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naje shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Naje in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naje 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 111 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.
Naje at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naje popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1993
- Peak year (1996)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
111 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 15 births in a single year.
Naje popularity over time — boys
37 total births recorded since 1994 (Naje as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Naje accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Naje by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 69 births that decade — 62% of Naje's all-time total
Naje decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Naje's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Naje by state
Where Naje concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 4.5% |
5 of 111 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2005 (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.