Najma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAJ-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Najma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Najma mean?
Arabic: Arabic najma
“star”
Surat an-Najm, 'The Star', is the 53rd chapter of the Qur'an.
Is Najma a girl's or a boy's name?
Najma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Najma, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Najma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Najma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 36 | #896 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 50 | #648 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 31 | #854 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Najma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Najma, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Najma in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Najma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Rahma Huda Aaliyah Faiza Salma Nuha Ayah Iqra
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, “Najma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najma, updated 20 October 2026.