Najwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAJ-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Najwa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “confidential talk”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Najwa mean?
Arabic
“confidential talk”
Is Najwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Najwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Najwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Najwa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Najwa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Najwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Najwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Najwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Najwa, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Najwa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Najwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Najwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Hafsa Zainab Khadija Amira Huda Rahma Ayah Aaliyah Halima Nuha
Names related to Najwa
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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, “Najwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/najwa, updated 20 October 2026.