Najai
The Story of Najai
As a girl name
Najai first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1994, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 22 births, good for #5,174 nationwide. About 60% of every Najai on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Najai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 163 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Najai on the record books as a boy name in 2004, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 9 Najais were born — ranking #7,534 that year. About 87% of every Najai on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Najai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 46 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Najai
Najai is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 163 births in the dataset. Najai's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #5,174. Use the chart and map above to compare Najai'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 .
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