Girls' name · since 1999
Najiyah
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Najiyah, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Najiyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1999.
Najiyah has 76 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2010.
- #30,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Najiyah ranks #30,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Najiyah's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Najiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Najiyah's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Najiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2010
- Peak year (2001)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Najiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 82% of the file).
2000s was Najiyah's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Najiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Najiyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- 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 Najiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2010 (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 Najiyah 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.