Naima Girl
How popular is Naima?
#2,017 girl name in 2025
94 baby girls were named Naima in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
Naima popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,017 for girls (▲ 161 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,470 in 2015, #1,728 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (305 girls) |
| Highest rank | #890 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Naima counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Naima family of names ranked #1,451 for girls in 2025 (#1,538 the year before), with 113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Naima | 94 | 83% |
| Naimah | 19 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Naima is most popular
Babies named Naima per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Naima by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1970s | 288 | #1,968 |
| 1980s | 267 | #2,532 |
| 1990s | 264 | #3,371 |
| 2000s | 1,648 | #890 |
| 2010s | 1,689 | #1,059 |
| 2020s | 592 | #1,728 |
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Questions
- Is Naima a boy or girl name?
- Naima is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Naima were girls.
- How popular is the name Naima?
- 94 baby girls were named Naima in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
- When was Naima most popular?
- Naima peaked in 2007, when 305 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #890 in 2006.
- How many people are named Naima?
- 4,757 babies have been named Naima in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,704 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Naima most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Naima was most common in Maryland, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.