girls:
1.8k births since 1969
#3954 (31st percentile)
boys:
34 births since 1990
#4552 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1969
#5892 (24th percentile)
The name Najah is the #5,892 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,868 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,954 (30.8% percentile) for all time with 1,834 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,552 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 1990.
Najah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Najah is available in 52 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Najah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Najah reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #790) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Najah ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 19.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Najah reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Najah".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Najah is pronounced as NAH-juh, which has 2 syllables.
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