Najee
Jerome Najee Rasheed, known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Najee has been married to Karen Green since 2000.
Meaning & Origin of Najee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jerome Najee Rasheed, known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Najee has been married to Karen Green since 2000.
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The Story of Najee
As a girl name
American parents first put Najee on the record books as a girl name in 1987, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 37 Najees were born — ranking #3,087 that year. About 64% of every Najee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Najee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 417 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Najee on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 217 Najees were born — ranking #704 that year. About 51% of every Najee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Najee ranks #3,586 for boys with 32 births, gradually rising (+8%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Najee
Najee is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Najee's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #704. Use the chart and map above to compare Najee'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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