Najir — #12949 US boys' name
113 babies named Najir in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Najir was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Najir in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Najir
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Najir between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Najir currently holds the #12949 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Najir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Najir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Najir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Najir 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 113 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.
Najir at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Najir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #12949 among boys.
113 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 11 births in a single year.
Najir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 53 births that decade — 47% of Najir's all-time total
Najir decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Najir's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Najir by state
Where Najir concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 12 | 10.6% |
12 of 113 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 10.6% 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, 1994–2024 (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.