Najee Boy
How popular is Najee?
#5,397 boy name in 2025
17 baby boys were named Najee in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
Najee popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,397 for boys (▼ 1503 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,590 in 2015, #4,271 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (217 boys) |
| Highest rank | #703 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Najee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Najee family of names ranked #2,501 for boys in 2025 (#1,933 the year before), with 38 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Najee | 17 | 45% |
| Naji | 21 | 55% |
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 Najee is most popular
Babies named Najee per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Najee by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 | #3,613 |
| 1980s | 268 | #959 |
| 1990s | 1,426 | #703 |
| 2000s | 571 | #1,468 |
| 2010s | 296 | #2,983 |
| 2020s | 179 | #2,917 |
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Questions
- Is Najee a boy or girl name?
- Najee is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Najee were boys.
- How popular is the name Najee?
- 17 baby boys were named Najee in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
- When was Najee most popular?
- Najee peaked in 1993, when 217 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #703 in 1993.
- How many people are named Najee?
- 3,172 babies have been named Najee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,098 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Najee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Najee was most common in Alabama, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys 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.