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Naijah

100% girls · 6 born in 2025

Naijah has been given to about 225 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2003, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Living in the US≈ 223
Median age today21 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Naijah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2003 · 21
  • Born in 20256
  • All time225

How popular is Naijah?

Its best year was 2003, when 21 babies were given the name, ranking 5735th. The typical living American called Naijah is about 21 years old today.

Names that sound like Naijah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Nailah0.88
  2. Lailah0.75
  3. Khadijah0.72
  4. Kamilah0.68
  5. Dalilah0.68
  6. Jaylah0.67
  7. Laylah0.67
  8. Kaylah0.67

Middle names for Naijah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Naijah Eve0.80
  2. Naijah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Naijah Josephine0.78
  4. Naijah Anne0.78
  5. Naijah Rose0.77
  6. Naijah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Naijah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Hallesister · 0.73
  2. Anahisister · 0.71
  3. Brayanbrother · 0.70
  4. Tracebrother · 0.69
  5. Isabelasister · 0.69
  6. Jalenbrother · 0.68

Where Naijah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Naijah Anderson0.74
    2. Naijah White0.72
    3. Naijah Reyes0.72
    4. Naijah Moore0.72
    5. Naijah Lee0.72
    6. Naijah Green0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Naijah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.