Najib
Najib or Najeeb is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Najib
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
The Story of Najib
Najib first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 18 Najibs were born — ranking #4,996 that year. As of 2026, Najib ranks #7,725 for baby boys with 10 births, gradually falling (-15%). In total, more than 368 Najibs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Najib
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Najib. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nagib
- Naguib
- Najeeb
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About the name Najib
Najib is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 368 births in the dataset. Najib's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #4,996. Use the chart and map above to compare Najib'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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