Girls' name · since 2002
Navah
240 babies named Navah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,183 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Navah currently ranks #8183 among girls' names in America, with 240 babies recorded since 2002.
Navah has 240 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8183 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #18,000 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,183 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Navah ranks #18,000 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,183 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 240 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,183 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Navah's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Navah compares
240 40th percentile among 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
Navah's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Navah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Navah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Navah splits its recorded history at 2015: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Navah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Navah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Navah's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Navah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (52% of all-time use).
Navah by state
Where Navah concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 4.2% |
10 of 240 births nationwide.
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What to do with Navah's data
- Navah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Navahs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Navah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Navah 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.