Najah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-JAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Najah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “success”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Najah mean?
Arabic
“success”
Is Najah a girl's or a boy's name?
Najah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Najah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Najah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Najah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 101 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer girls named Najah than any year since 1974.
Half of all the girls named Najah in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,814 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Najah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zainab Safa Farah Summer Ayah Hibah Hiba Sumayyah Nusaybah Hafsa Samah
Names related to Najah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Najah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najah, updated 20 October 2026.