# Naima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/naima/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,757 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,757 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,016, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 233 | 1,060 |
| 2012 | 173 | 1,355 |
| 2013 | 146 | 1,513 |
| 2014 | 188 | 1,280 |
| 2015 | 156 | 1,474 |
| 2016 | 152 | 1,502 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,376 |
| 2018 | 143 | 1,529 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1,654 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,739 |
| 2021 | 105 | 1,893 |
| 2022 | 88 | 2,168 |
| 2023 | 102 | 1,940 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,191 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,033 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 658 |
| 2012 | 44 | 857 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,370 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Naima

- Naima Akef, Egyptian belly dancer, film actress, acrobat, and performer
- Naima Mora, American fashion model
- Naïma Ababsa, Algerian singer (1969-2021)
- Naima Farhi, Algerian politician
- Naïma Moutchou, French lawyer and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.