Naija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Naija is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Naija mean?
Modern: from Naija, the colloquial Nigerian name for Nigeria
Naija is the everyday Nigerian name for Nigeria itself, and also for Nigerian Pidgin.
Is Naija a girl's or a boy's name?
Naija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Naija, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Naija than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Naija in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Naija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayla Naya Safa Raya Kaliyah Nayla Yara Amira Ayla Prisha Salma Zaira
Names related to Naija
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Naija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naija, updated 20 October 2026.