Naijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Naijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Naijah mean?
Modern: spelling of Naija; from Naija, the colloquial Nigerian name for Nigeria
Naija is the everyday Nigerian name for Nigeria itself, and also for Nigerian Pidgin.
Meaning borrowed from Naija.
Is Naijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naijah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Naijah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Naijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Naijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Jaliyah, Hadassah, Farah, Naziyah, Safa, Zainab, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Zaliyah
Names related to Naijah
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, “Naijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naijah, updated 20 October 2026.