Boys' name · since 1993
Najm
75 babies named Najm in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,380 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
75 babies have been named Najm since 1993, making it today's #9243 boys' name.
Najm has 75 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9243 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #19,380 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,243 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Najm ranks #19,380 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,243 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 75 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,380 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Najm's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Najm compares
75 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Najm's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Najm | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Najm's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Najm's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Najm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Najm by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Najm's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Najm births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Najm: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 yrs)
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, 1993–2025 (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 Najm 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.