Najla
Najla is a given name. It may refer to:Najla Aljeraiwi, Kuwaiti cyclist Najla AlKanderi, Kuwaiti television and radio presenter Sheikha Najla Al Qasimi, Emirati diplomat Najla Al-Sonboli, Yemeni paediatrician Najla Ayoubi, Afghan women's rights defender, lawyer and former judge Najla Ben Abdallah, Tunisian actress and model Najla Bouden, Prime Minister of Tunisia Bouden Cabinet Najla Faisal Al…
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Najla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Najla is a given name. It may refer to:Najla Aljeraiwi, Kuwaiti cyclist Najla AlKanderi, Kuwaiti television and radio presenter Sheikha Najla Al Qasimi, Emirati diplomat Najla Al-Sonboli, Yemeni paediatrician Najla Ayoubi, Afghan women's rights defender, lawyer and former judge Najla Ben Abdallah, Tunisian actress and model Najla Bouden, Prime Minister of Tunisia Bouden Cabinet Najla Faisal Al…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Najla
American parents first put Najla on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 26 Najlas were born — ranking #4,564 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Najlas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 640 Najlas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Najla
Najla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 640 births in the dataset. Najla's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #4,564. Use the chart and map above to compare Najla'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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