How Many People Are Named Nahja?
An estimated 56 people in the United States have the first name Nahja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Nahja peaked in popularity in 1999 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nahja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nahja paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Nahja is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
56
About 1 in 6,120,613 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
1999
13 births
Total Registered
58
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nahja
Nahja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 58 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nahja as a female name
Ranked #14,864 in 2002
6 female births in 2002
Peak: 1999 (13 births)
Nahja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nahja span from the 1990s to the 2000s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 52 babies were registered. Nahja has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Nahja by Decade
How has Nahja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nahja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nahja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Nahja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nahja?
We estimate approximately 56 people named Nahja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,120,613 Americans share this first name.
Is Nahja a common name?
Nahja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 56% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 58 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nahja most popular?
Nahja reached peak popularity in 1999, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nahja is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nahja a female name?
Nahja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nahja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nahja Smith, Nahja Johnson, Nahja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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