Najwa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Najwa: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,727 in 2003, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2727highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

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 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2727 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Najwa 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 Najwa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	20	5 of 10	4
2010s	33	8 of 10	4
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Najwa 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2727 in England and Wales in 2003.

Najwa'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,727, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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.

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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.

Elfie · #2727, 15y
Jenisha · #2727, 19y
Mattea · #2727, 21y
Chinedum · #2730, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Mattea · #2727, 21y
Chinedum · #2730, 14y
Afrin · #2721, 20y
Guneet · #2721, 18y

Najwa 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 Najwa without appearing here.

Najwa moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Karin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #4535.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Najwa

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3725 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Noah Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #3615.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3447 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.

Moved the opposite way to Najwa

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Najwa

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najwa went from #3142 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2727 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Najwa

Najwa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Najwa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najwa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Najwa at a glance

Najwa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najwa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Najwa and the names beside it

Najwa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Najwa

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Moved the same way as Najwa