Naji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-JEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Naji is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rescued, saved”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Naji mean?
Arabic: spelling of Najee, itself a spelling of Naji
“rescued, saved”
A spelling of the Arabic name Naji, from a root meaning to be rescued or to escape safely.
Meaning borrowed from Najee.
Is Naji a girl's or a boy's name?
Naji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Naji, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Naji in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Naji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nasir Hamza Amir Zahir Muhammad Samir Hadi Ahmad Sami Khalil Yahya Rami
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Naji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naji, updated 20 October 2026.