Nijah

Girl · recorded 1977–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1998best year

Most popular in 1998.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nijah.

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Its story

Popularity since 1977

0214219771989200120122024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 46 recorded years as a table
Nijah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19776
19783
19815
19824
19837
19845
19854
19863
19875
19888
198911
199010
199110
199211
199316
199422
199522
199629
199725
199842
199935
200039
200135
200229
200341
200435
200529
200616
200716
200819
200930
201019
201115
20127
20136
20146
20158
20166
20178
20185
20195
20203
20218
20225
20233
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nijah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
10
Rank in 2024
#9,556
How rare
1 in 162,019 girls
Since 1977
1,219

Nijah was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1998, at 42 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nijah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.