Najee — #3919 US boys' name
2,738 babies named Najee in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Najee was born in this single decade.
217 babies were named Najee in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Najee
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,738 babies named Najee between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Najee currently holds the #3919 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 217 babies received it in a single year. Najee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 417 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Najee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Najee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Najee in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Najee 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 2,738 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.
Najee at a glance
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Current rank
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Najee popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1993)
- 217
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #3919 among boys.
2,738 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 217 births in a single year.
Najee popularity over time — girls
417 total births recorded since 1987 (Najee as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Najee accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Najee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,426 births that decade — 52% of Najee's all-time total
Najee decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,426 births
- Runner-up 571 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Najee's strongest decade
1,426 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Najee by state
Where Najee concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 385 | 14.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 368 | 13.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 182 | 6.6% |
| #4 | California | | 158 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 87 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 71 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 70 | 2.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 70 | 2.6% |
385 of 2,738 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 14.1% of nationwide
- New York 13.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.6% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 14.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Najee appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2024 (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.