Najwa

Popularity Trends

The name Najwa is the #7,158 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 581 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,135 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 581 births since 1972.

Najwa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for girls in 1972). Birth data for Najwa is available in 49 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023. 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.

For girls, Najwa reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #838) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Najwa ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 70.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Najwa".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

581

Peak Births

Peak Year

1992

First Recorded

1972

Peak Percentile

2.4%

Current Percentile

1.2%

Peak Rank

#838

Current Rank

#936

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Najwa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Najwa.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Najwa's popularity from 1969 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Najwa at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Najwa range from Nubia at 89.4% correlation to Tarek at 87.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 88.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Zachariah with 30.2K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Hamed with 555 births (100% boys).

Najwa's share of births peaked at 13 births per million for girls in 1992. It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (20% of peak) in 2013. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Najwa had 9.1 births per million, 71% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Nubia

2,344

89.39% (very strong)

Stormy

8,374

89.03% (very strong)

Kamal

3,003

88.94% (very strong)

Zachariah

30.2k

88.66% (very strong)

Aryn

3,299

88.63% (very strong)

Desire

5,271

88.50% (very strong)

Arin

4,664

88.45% (very strong)

Rabia

842

88.25% (very strong)

Nadeem

728

88.20% (very strong)

Stormie

3,818

88.14% (very strong)

Hamed

555

87.98% (very strong)

Tarek

2,230

87.88% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Najwa

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Najwa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Najwa is pronounced as NAHJ-wuh, which has 2 syllables.

NAHJ-wuh

100.0%

NAHJ-wuh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

N AA1 JH W AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N AA1 JH W AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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