Naamah

#14,388 in 2025Girls' name

Pleasant

Naamah has been given to 118 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #14,388 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Naamah, 2025

1 in 553,000

Naamah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Naamah: meaning, origin, and history

Pleasant

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Naamah means

Naamah means “pleasant”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Naamah is used in Biblical.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈneɪ̯.ə.mə/ for Naamah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 118 girls were recorded with the name Naamah between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2018; its best national rank was #10,088 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,784 in 2020 to #14,388 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Naamah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,388; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Naamah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Naamah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Naamahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Naamah was born before 2018 — so the typical Naamah is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 44.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 118; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 44.1% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Naamah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −3,554; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,396; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 60.0%; Peak was 2018 (10)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,088; 2021

Spellings of Naamah

Naamah is not the most common spelling — Nailah is, with 17.1% against Naamah's 0.42%.

Nailah17.1%4,848
Naima16.8%4,757
Nariah12.4%3,521
Naoma8.9%2,534
Najah6.5%1,857
Naveah6.4%1,814
Naimah5.8%1,660
Niamh5.7%1,617

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Naamah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,388
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,396
Best rank ever: #10,088; 2021
Peak year: 2018; 10 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 118
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Naamah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Naamah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Halie Sydni Allyssa Sydnie Karleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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