Naama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-AH-ma
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Naama is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasant”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Naama mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Naamah
“pleasant”
Naamah in the Bible is the sister of Tubal-cain and also the mother of King Rehoboam.
Is Naama a girl's or a boy's name?
Naama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Naama, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had the most girls named Naama of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Naama in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Naama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira, Hadassah, Safa, Aaliyah, Zahara, Hadassa, Zaniyah, Naziyah, Amira, Safiya, Zaira, Samira
Names related to Naama
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naama, updated 20 October 2026.