Najah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Najah: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,105 in 2002, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2105highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
2001	#3262
2002	#2105
2003	#3594
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2020	#3899
2022	#5669
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 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2105 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Najah 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 Najah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	24	6 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Najah 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2105 in England and Wales in 2002.

Najah'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,105, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 7 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.

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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Naithan · #584, 12y
Naiya · #1411, 24y
Najeeb · #2435, 11y
Najla · #2682, 15y

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.

Inas · #2105, 19y
Lorelle · #2105, 19y
Mitzi · #2105, 19y
Sona · #2105, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Inas · #2105, 19y
Lorelle · #2105, 19y
Sona · #2105, 21y
Irah · #2104, 13y

Najah 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 Najah without appearing here.

Najah moved ahead of

Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #4137.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #5876.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Najah

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4171 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2887.
Maren Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3899 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #4645.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Najah

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Najah

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najah went from #3824 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2105 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Najah

Najah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Najah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Najah at a glance

Najah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Najah and the names beside it

Najah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Najah

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