boy's name

Naji

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,102

Naji is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 32 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 157,878 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.

Naji over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Naji by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 76
1990s 190
2000s 218
2010s 175
2020s (to 2025) 143

How popular is Naji?

In 2025, Naji was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Naji is used

Canada #3,161 5 in 2022
United States #4,753 21 in 2025
England & Wales #5,347 3 in 2019
France #5,593 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Naji

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Naji also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Naji over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Naji

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Naji — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Naji

How popular is the name Naji?

In 2025, Naji was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Naji a girl's or a boy's name?

Naji is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Naji most popular?

Naji peaked in 2024, when 32 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Naji a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Naji currently ranks #4,753 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.