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How popular is the name Naima?

Births per year, rank history and how many Naimas are alive today.

Naima (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 70 babies were given the name, the 545th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak.

The Naima you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Naimas born in England and Wales are between 14 and 25, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Naima - on average, only one in every 287 such rooms contains a Naima.

How many babies are named Naima each year?

0204060200020201996: 201997: 311998: 201999: 362000: 362001: 332002: 392003: 422004: 452005: 562006: 582007: 512008: 702009: 562010: 512011: 602012: 442013: 382014: 242015: 242016: 242017: 282018: 182019: 192020: 192021: 162022: 112023: 182024: 172025: 12actual

Where does Naima rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,0051997: ranked 7501998: ranked 1,0361999: ranked 6632000: ranked 6702001: ranked 7532002: ranked 6792003: ranked 6802004: ranked 6552005: ranked 5832006: ranked 5862007: ranked 6752008: ranked 5452009: ranked 6542010: ranked 7192011: ranked 6582012: ranked 8572013: ranked 9592014: ranked 1,3412015: ranked 1,3622016: ranked 1,3702017: ranked 1,2192018: ranked 1,6492019: ranked 1,5622020: ranked 1,5562021: ranked 1,7852022: ranked 2,3252023: ranked 1,6402024: ranked 1,7432025: ranked 2,278

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Naima per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 70 in 2008
Naima: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Naima most popular?

Naima peaked in 2008, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Naima?

At least 1,100 people named Naima born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Naima?

Most living Naimas are between 14 and 25; the most common age is about 19.

Is Naima becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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