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Nijah

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87% girls / 13% boys

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Short-lived name

Nijah peaked in 1998, when 1 baby in 49,029 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 90% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 44% of all babies named Nijah since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

1,219births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 1989rank at its peak, in 1998

Where babies named Nijah are born

1998

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The darker the blue, the more common Nijah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

One letter apart

Niyah 3,001
Najah 1,857
Niah 1,741
Nilah 1,420
Anijah 1,392

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1970s	100%	0%
1980s	100%	0%
1990s	92%	8%
2000s	88%	12%
2010s	69%	31%
2020s	79%	21%