Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Naja

#5,993 most common girls' name of all time · #10,119 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1964–2023

Rank among girls
#5,993
Rank overall
#10,119 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,281
Since 2016
49
Peak year
1998 #1,221
Best rank
#1,221 1998
Girls Boys peak 150/yr
198020002020

Naja first appears in 1964. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 7 — 7 #12,443
2022 9 — 9 #10,567
2021 7 — 7 #12,444
2019 9 — 9 #10,660
2018 5 — 5 #16,113
2016 12 — 12 #9,014
2015 9 — 9 #11,075
2014 9 — 9 #11,149
2013 11 — 11 #9,734
2012 9 — 9 #11,440
2011 19 — 19 #6,624
2010 19 — 19 #6,711
2009 14 — 14 #8,565
2008 22 — 22 #6,198
2007 27 — 27 #5,285
2006 34 — 34 #4,295
2005 38 6 44 #3,848
2004 35 — 35 #4,033
2003 48 — 48 #3,105
2002 38 — 38 #3,554
2001 53 — 53 #2,782
2000 60 — 60 #2,529
1999 71 — 71 #2,143
1998 150 — 150 #1,221
1997 35 — 35 #3,337
1996 35 — 35 #3,330
1995 37 — 37 #3,121
1994 50 — 50 #2,525
1993 31 — 31 #3,536
1992 22 — 22 #4,597
1991 21 — 21 #4,720
1990 30 — 30 #3,571
1989 33 — 33 #3,212
1988 47 — 47 #2,356
1987 10 — 10 #7,050
1986 12 — 12 #5,939
1985 17 — 17 #4,561
1984 7 — 7 #8,564
1983 15 — 15 #4,798
1982 15 — 15 #4,849
1981 30 — 30 #2,968
1980 19 — 19 #4,094
1979 9 — 9 #7,006
1978 12 — 12 #5,409
1977 15 — 15 #4,574
1976 12 — 12 #5,103
1975 9 — 9 #6,292
1973 6 — 6 #7,970
1972 11 — 11 #5,035
1971 9 — 9 #5,897
1970 6 — 6 #7,663
1964 5 — 5 #7,747