Nijah*
#5,635 most common girls' name of all time · #9,551 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1977–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#5,635
Rank overall
#9,551 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,403
Since 2016
118
Peak year
1998 #2,007
Best rank
#2,007 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 81/yr
Nijah first appears in 1977. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,761 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #15,759 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,547 |
| 2021 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,158 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,654 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,682 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,713 |
| 2017 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #7,995 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #9,624 |
| 2015 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #7,746 |
| 2014 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #10,377 |
| 2013 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #9,805 |
| 2012 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #9,306 |
| 2011 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,130 |
| 2010 | 33 | 5 | 38 | #4,441 |
| 2009 | 55 | 11 | 66 | #3,107 |
| 2008 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #4,407 |
| 2007 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,873 |
| 2006 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #4,751 |
| 2005 | 54 | 8 | 62 | #2,995 |
| 2004 | 65 | 7 | 72 | #2,582 |
| 2003 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #2,274 |
| 2002 | 53 | 9 | 62 | #2,841 |
| 2001 | 63 | 8 | 71 | #2,476 |
| 2000 | 71 | 8 | 79 | #2,234 |
| 1999 | 62 | 10 | 72 | #2,394 |
| 1998 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #2,007 |
| 1997 | 43 | 6 | 49 | #2,854 |
| 1996 | 51 | 7 | 58 | #2,503 |
| 1995 | 39 | 5 | 44 | #3,014 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,025 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,753 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,990 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,335 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,013 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,649 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,837 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,549 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,998 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,998 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,289 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,157 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,999 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,001 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,017 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,882 |