girls:
1.6k births since 1976
#4135 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1976
#6123 (21st percentile)
The name Naimah is the #6,123 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,623 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,135 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,623 births since 1976.
Naimah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for girls in 1976).
For girls, Naimah reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #868) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Naimah ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Naimah".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Naimah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.0% confident that Naimah is pronounced as NAI-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAY-muh, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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