Meaning not yet researched.
Nijah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,005 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #2,005 in 1998. No US babies were recorded with the name Nijah in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #2,005 in 1998.
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Nijah: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #2,005 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 75 (2003).
Fewer than five US girls were named Nijah in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #2,005, reached in 1998. The most girls given the name in a single year was 75, in 2003. For comparison, it was #7,891 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Nijah in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #6,368, reached in 1999. The most boys given the name in a single year was 13, in 2014. For comparison, it was #11,689 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nijah in 46 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1977 with 9 babies. In all, 1,403 US babies have been given the name, 87% of them girls and 13% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 602 babies named Nijah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 82 US girls were named Nijah; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 14.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Nyjah (1,476 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Niaja, Nijaya and Nijayah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Niaja (183), Nijaya (27), Nijayah (11), Nieja (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Nijah in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #10,052 | — | — |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,937 | 5 | #13,588 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,936 | 6 | #11,882 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,343 | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,849 | — | — |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,129 | 5 | #13,555 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,190 | — | — |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,170 | 10 | #7,975 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,914 | 10 | #7,984 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,891 | 6 | #11,689 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,733 | 13 | #6,527 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,068 | 8 | #9,409 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,556 | 11 | #7,398 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,162 | — | — |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,472 | 5 | #13,693 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,118 | 11 | #7,560 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,427 | 8 | #9,604 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,911 | — | — |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,767 | 6 | #11,639 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,994 | 8 | #8,869 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,579 | 7 | #9,655 |
| 2003 | 75 | #2,275 | 6 | #10,496 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,845 | 9 | #7,460 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,479 | 8 | #8,093 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,231 | 8 | #7,970 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,394 | 10 | #6,368 |
| 1998 | 75 | #2,005 | 6 | #9,296 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,860 | 6 | #8,945 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,500 | 7 | #7,720 |
| 1995 | 39 | #3,005 | 5 | #9,869 |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,022 | — | — |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,746 | — | — |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,987 | — | — |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,330 | — | — |
| 1990 | 19 | #5,002 | — | — |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,620 | — | — |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,810 | — | — |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,503 | — | — |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,224 | — | — |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,985 | — | — |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,226 | — | — |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,090 | — | — |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,896 | — | — |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,901 | — | — |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,894 | — | — |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,698 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).