Najma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Najma: Recorded since 1989, it reached #318 in 2003, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#318highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1234
1998	#995
1999	#780
2000	#804
2001	#753
2002	#809
2003	#731
2004	#618
2005	#695
2006	#835
2007	#774
2008	#1093
2009	#1139
2010	#1294
2011	#1545
2012	#1893
2013	#2649
2014	#2058
2015	#1601
2016	#2120
2017	#2706
2018	#2674
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2022	#3533
2023	#3218
2024	#2253

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #566 among girls in Norway, #2120 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1989–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #636 among girls in Norway in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1989–2016
Highest recorded position: #318 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1989–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Najma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 610 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1989.

Najma across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Najma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#618 (2004)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	610 (1996–2024)	49 (2004)
Norway · Girls	#636 (1989)	#318 (2003)	#566 (2016)	21 of 28	161 (1989–2016)	13 (2003)

Najma 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 Najma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	354	10 of 10	35
2010s	139	10 of 10	14
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Najma appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1989 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #318 in Norway in 2003.

Najma'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1139	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#835	36	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#695	44	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#618	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#731	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#809	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#753	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#780	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#566	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#530	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#342	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#353	12	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#490	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#318	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#378	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#576	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#646	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#451	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#504	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#636	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1989 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #318, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Najeeb · #2435, 11y
Najla · #2682, 15y
Najwa · #2727, 19y
Nakita · #285, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Qasim · #318, 29y
Stefano · #318, 33y
Riccardo · #319, 30y
Timmy · #317, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Amiee · #318, 26y
Lowell · #318, 14y
Stefano · #318, 33y
Alen · #317, 22y

Najma was ranked #318 in Norway · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Najma 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 Najma without appearing here.

Najma moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Najma

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #1707.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1139 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #773.

Moved the opposite way to Najma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Najma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Najma went from #1522 to #2253 and Alex from #161 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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1989 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #318 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Najma

Najma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Najma across 2 official records

Najma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Najma at a glance

Najma across 2 official records

Najma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Najma appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Najma

Najma and the names beside it

Najma moved ahead of

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