Naja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-jah
- Origin
- Arabic
Naja is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Naja mean?
Arabic: possibly from Arabic najah 'success', or a form of Nadja
Naja is also the scientific name of the cobra genus.
Is Naja a girl's or a boy's name?
Naja is a girls' name.
How popular is Naja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Naja in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 71 | #2,130 |
| 1998 | 150 | #1,217 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Naja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Salma, Samira, Aaliyah, Amira, Aysha, Zaira, Hiba, Zainab, Huda, Summer, Khadija
Names related to Naja
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Naja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naja, updated 20 October 2026.