Najeeb

Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Najib

Najeeb has been given to 259 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Najeeb, 2024

1 in 669,000

Najeeb over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Najeeb: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Najib

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Najeeb means

Najeeb is a alternate transcription of Najib.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Najeeb is used in Arabic and Urdu.

Another recorded pronunciation is /na.ˈd͡ʒiːb/ for Najeeb.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Najeeb → Najib. The family’s meaning is “noble, distinguished”, recorded in the naming reference for Najib.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Najib.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 259 boys were recorded with the name Najeeb between 1977 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2001; its best national rank was #4,431 in 1978.

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 Najeeb?

Najeeb had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Najeeb sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Najeeb. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Najeebs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Najeeb was born before 2002 — so the typical Najeeb is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 59.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 259; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (68).

Is Najeeb 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2001 (14)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,431; 1978

Spellings of Najeeb

Najeeb is not the most common spelling — Najee is, with 21.9% against Najeeb's 2.1%.

Najee21.9%2,755
Naeem16.8%2,120
Naveen12.0%1,508
Naseem10.3%1,291
Nabeel9.4%1,182
Nadeem6.0%760
Naveed5.4%685
Haseeb4.1%512

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.

Najeeb around the world

Where Najeeb ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2024
#5,120
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Najeeb by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,431; 1978
Peak year: 2001; 14 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 259
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Najeeb

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

Najib Muneeb Habeeb Adeeb Areeb Naji Najm Najir Najeh Najee Najae Haseeb Najour Najai Najja Najah Najay Najier Naje Kaleeb Najair Najuan Najon Moneeb

Sibling names for Najeeb

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

Magaly Sheridan Lesli Shyann Alysa Danae Joana Madisen

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

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