Najla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAJ-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Najla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “having wide, beautiful eyes”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Najla mean?
Arabic
“having wide, beautiful eyes”
Is Najla a girl's or a boy's name?
Najla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Najla, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Najla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Najla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Najla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Najla, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more girls named Najla than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Najla in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
Names like Najla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Khadija Amira Huda Layla Rahma Summer Aaliyah Ayah
Names related to Najla
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
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, “Najla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najla, updated 20 October 2026.