Niajah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-AH-ja
- Origin
- Modern
Niajah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Niajah come from?
Modern: spelling of Niaja; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Naija or Nia
Meaning borrowed from Niaja.
Is Niajah a girl's or a boy's name?
Niajah is a girls' name.
How popular is Niajah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Niajah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niajah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Niajah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Naziyah, Naliyah, Hadassah, Aziyah, Jamiyah, Taliyah, Kamiyah, Aziah
Names related to Niajah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Niajah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niajah, updated 20 October 2026.