Girls' name · since 1972
Najwa
Najwa has 605 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,227 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Najwa currently ranks #7227 among girls' names in America, with 605 babies recorded since 1972.
Najwa has 605 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7227 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #10,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,227 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 605 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Najwa ranks #10,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,227 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 605 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,227 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Najwa's 605 recorded births place it above 85.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Najwa compares
605 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Najwa's all-time total is 61% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Najwa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 605 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Najwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Najwa's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Najwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Najwa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (161 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Najwa's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Najwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 54
1970s
54 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
161 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 161 births (27% of all-time use).
How Najwa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Najwa's total volume
Najwa by state
Where Najwa concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
10 of 605 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Najwa's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (161 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Najwas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Najwa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Najwa 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.