Is Naja a boy or girl name?

Naja is a girl’s name. Of the 1,281 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Naja

Recorded 1964–2023 · United States

Naja was most popular in 1998, when 150 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,134 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,281 people named Naja.

Naja over time

Births per year. The dot marks Naja’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Naja a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Naja is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 1,281 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Naja

Where Naja is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org