Najee vs Najma
American parents have registered 3,172 Najees since 1880, against 885 Najmas. But in 2025 it was Najma that was commoner, 21 babies to 17.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Najee Najma
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 46 years in which either name was published, Najee for 38 years and Najma for 8 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.
- 1977–2024 Najee ahead, apart from 2 short spells
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Najee | Najma | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,172 | 885 |
| Most in one year | 245 | 38 |
| Babies in 2025 | 17 | 21 |
| Estimated living today | 3,100 | 880 |
| Median age today | 28 | 15 |
| Peak year | 1993 | 2016 |
| Best rank | 704th boys | 3,923rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,399th | 5,722nd |
| First recorded | 1977 | 1983 |
| Girls / boys | 417 / 2,755 | 885 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Najees alive today are over 28; half the Najmas are over 15. That is 13 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Najee New Jersey (8.6×), New York (3.2×), Pennsylvania (2.1×)
- Najma Minnesota (42.6×), Ohio (2.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Najee and Najma.