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How popular is the name Najma?

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

Najma (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2004, when 49 babies were given the name, the 618th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak.

The Najma you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all Najmas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 26, and there are at least 690 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 Najma - on average, only one in every 457 such rooms contains a Najma.

How many babies are named Najma each year?

02040200020201996: 111997: 151998: 211999: 292000: 282001: 332002: 302003: 382004: 492005: 442006: 362007: 422008: 272009: 272010: 242011: 192012: 152013: 92014: 132015: 192016: 132017: 92018: 92019: 92020: 82021: 82022: 62023: 72024: 122025: 7actual

Where does Najma rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,5221997: ranked 1,2341998: ranked 9951999: ranked 7802000: ranked 8042001: ranked 7532002: ranked 8092003: ranked 7312004: ranked 6182005: ranked 6952006: ranked 8352007: ranked 7742008: ranked 1,0932009: ranked 1,1392010: ranked 1,2942011: ranked 1,5452012: ranked 1,8932013: ranked 2,6492014: ranked 2,0582015: ranked 1,6012016: ranked 2,1202017: ranked 2,7062018: ranked 2,6742019: ranked 2,6432020: ranked 2,8432021: ranked 2,9422022: ranked 3,5342023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 2,2542025: ranked 3,333

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.

Common questions

When was the name Najma most popular?

Najma peaked in 2004, when 49 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Najma?

At least 690 people named Najma born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Najma?

Most living Najmas are between 16 and 26; the most common age is about 22.

Is Najma becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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