Najat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-JAAT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Najat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “salvation, deliverance”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Najat mean?
Arabic: Arabic najat
“salvation, deliverance”
Is Najat a girl's or a boy's name?
Najat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Najat, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Najat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Najat in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Najat in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Najat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Rehmat, Ayat, Ayah, Zainab, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Hiba, Aaliyah, Raya, Noor, Aayat
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, “Najat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najat, updated 20 October 2026.