Majed
Majed is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Majed
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Majed is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Majed
Majed first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 22 births, good for #4,407 nationwide. About 31% of every Majed on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Majed ranks #6,191 for baby boys with 14 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). All told, over 407 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Majed
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About the name Majed
Majed is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 407 births in the dataset. Majed's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #4,407. Use the chart and map above to compare Majed's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.