Najla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Najla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Najla: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,682 in 2005, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2682highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2005	#2682
2006	#3548
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2020	#5493
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2682 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Najla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Najla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	33	7 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Najla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2682 in England and Wales in 2005.

Najla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,682, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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Najwa · #2727, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edris · #2682, 16y
Elke · #2682, 17y
Noha · #2682, 19y
Salsabil · #2682, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Edris · #2682, 16y
Elke · #2682, 17y
Noha · #2682, 19y
Salsabil · #2682, 14y

Najla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Najla without appearing here.

Najla moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Najla

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Najla

Frida Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #2682 to #4843 while Frida went from #1934 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #2682 to #4843 while Harper went from #2682 to #22.

Moved the same way as Najla

Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #3795 to #5669 and Therese from #2096 to #4645.
Karin Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #3795 to #5493 and Karin from #2350 to #4535.
Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #3795 to #5493 and Kristin from #1434 to #5493.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Najla went from #3795 to #5493 and Tracey from #783 to #4535.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2682 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Najla

Najla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Najla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Najla at a glance

Najla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Najla and the names beside it

Najla moved ahead of

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