Najee
Najee was the 5535th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 704th with 217 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,880 places. More babies were named Najee in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,535 boys, down 1,158 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993217 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,172babies recorded
Najee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #5,535 | — | 17 |
| 2020 | — | #4,377 | — | 23 |
| 2010 | #16,360 | #3,288 | 6 | 34 |
| 2000 | #4,496 | #1,580 | 27 | 75 |
| 1990 | #5,462 | #943 | 17 | 121 |
| 1980 | — | #5,324 | — | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Najee, counting every spelling?
Najee is the most common spelling of a name family that had 38 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 38 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Najee | 17 | #5,535 | 156 |
| Naji | 21 | #4,814 | 123 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Najee?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Najee (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Najee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Najee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Najee?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Najee are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 21 and 33. That makes Najee mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Najee by state
How common Najee was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Najee: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Najee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Najee
How popular is the name Najee?
Najee was the 5535th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 704th with 217 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,880 places. More babies were named Najee in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Najee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Najee in the US.
Where is Najee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Najee was most common in Alabama (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and New York.