Nijah
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Nijah by the numbers
Nijah was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 75 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Nijah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nijah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Najahsuccess, achievement, prosperity18 in the US (2017)
- Nijae5 in the US (2017)
- Novahnew; a modern respelling of Nova221 in the US (2017)
- Nihalcrescent moon or achieving one's desires31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nihanshy or bashful8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Noaahrest, comfort; spelling variant of noah7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Nijah
Names that are said the same way as Nijah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nyjah65 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nijah
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