Najeeb
Najib or Najeeb is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Najeeb
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Najib or Najeeb is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Najeeb
American parents first put Najeeb on the record books as a baby boy name in 1977, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 14 Najeebs were born — ranking #5,142 that year. About 26% of every Najeeb on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Najeeb last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 259 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Najeeb
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Najeeb. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nagib
- Naguib
- Najib
Names that sound like Najeeb
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About the name Najeeb
Najeeb is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 259 births in the dataset. Najeeb's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #5,142. Use the chart and map above to compare Najeeb'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.