Najee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-JEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Najee is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rescued, saved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Najee mean?
Arabic: spelling of Naji
“rescued, saved”
A spelling of the Arabic name Naji, from a root meaning to be rescued or to escape safely.
Is Najee a girl's or a boy's name?
Najee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Najee, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1993, with 217 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Najee than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Najee in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 17% of the babies named Najee in the US were girls.
Najee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 83 | #1,468 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,140 |
| 1998 | 148 | #946 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,140 |
| 1996 | 143 | #912 |
| 1995 | 142 | #928 |
| 1994 | 151 | #878 |
| 1993 | 217 | #703 |
| 1992 | 132 | #920 |
| 1991 | 149 | #852 |
| 1990 | 121 | #933 |
| 1989 | 112 | #959 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,161 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Najee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nasir Ahmad Amir Hamza Muhammad Samir Zahir Khalil Abdullah Hassan Mustafa Khalid
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Najee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najee, updated 20 October 2026.