Nijah
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nijah has been given to 1,403 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 1998, with 75 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.
Babies named Nijah, 2024
1 in 334,000
Nijah over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nijah over time
In 2024, Nijah went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nijah?
Nijah 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 334,000
- 10 of 3,342,801 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 162,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2024
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 231,706 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nijah sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 231,706 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nijah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nijahs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nijah was born before 2001 — so the typical Nijah is around 24 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 43.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 59.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,219
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 43.6% of all recorded uses (531).
Is Nijah 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1998 (75)
- Years since peak
- 27
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 39.3% average annual change
Spellings of Nijah
Nijah is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 32.2% against Nijah's 0.29%.
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.
Where Nijah is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Nijah was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 381,624 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5Louisiana1 in —
- 6Maryland1 in —
- 7Michigan1 in —
- 8Mississippi1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nijah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Nijah is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Nijah was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nijah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Nijah by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nijah
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nijah
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.