Najm

#9,441 in 2025Boys' name

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Najm has been given to 75 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #9,441 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Najm, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Najm: meaning, origin, and history

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Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Najm means

Najm means “star”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 75 boys were recorded with the name Najm between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2022; its best national rank was #9,088 in 2002.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,435 in 2015 to #9,441 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 Najm?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,441; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Najm 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 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Najm. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Najms were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Najm was born before 2017 — so the typical Najm is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 75; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Najm 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: +147; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,994; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.60×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2022 (8)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,088; 2002

Spellings of Najm

Najm is not the most common spelling — Sam is, with 63.9% against Najm's 0.04%.

Sam63.9%127,234
Nash11.3%22,439
Taj2.9%5,719
Nate2.3%4,490
Noam1.5%2,902
Cam1.4%2,794
Najee1.4%2,755
Naim1.4%2,697

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.

Najm around the world

Where Najm 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.

France
2003–2025
#4,936
in 2025
South Australia
1980–1980
#422
in 1980

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Najm by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,441
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,088; 2002
Peak year: 2022; 8 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 75
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Najm

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

Naje Najae Najeh Najib Naji Najir Najai Najja Najah Najay Najour Naja Najeeb Najon Najee Najier Najam Najji Najih Najair Najuan Najahwan

Sibling names for Najm

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 Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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