Nijah is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Nijah is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Nijah first appears in 1977 and peaked in 1998 (75 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | #10,052 | — |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | #16,937 | #13,588 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #11,936 | #11,882 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #8,343 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #16,849 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #12,129 | #13,555 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | #12,190 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #8,170 | #7,975 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #9,914 | #7,984 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #7,891 | #11,689 |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | #10,733 | #6,527 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #10,068 | #9,409 |
| 2012 | 23 | 23 | #9,556 | #7,398 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | #5,162 | — |
| 2010 | 38 | 38 | #4,472 | #13,693 |
| 2009 | 66 | 66 | #3,118 | #7,560 |
| 2008 | 43 | 43 | #4,427 | #9,604 |
| 2007 | 30 | 30 | #4,911 | — |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | #4,767 | #11,639 |
| 2005 | 62 | 62 | #2,994 | #8,869 |
| 2004 | 72 | 72 | #2,579 | #9,655 |
| 2003 | 81 | 81 | #2,275 | #10,496 |
| 2002 | 62 | 62 | #2,845 | #7,460 |
| 2001 | 71 | 71 | #2,479 | #8,093 |
| 2000 | 79 | 79 | #2,231 | #7,970 |
| 1999 | 72 | 72 | #2,394 | #6,368 |
| 1998 | 81 | 81 | #2,005 | #9,296 |
| 1997 | 49 | — | #2,860 | #8,945 |
| 1996 | 58 | — | #2,500 | #7,720 |
| 1995 | 44 | — | #3,005 | #9,869 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #3,022 | — |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #3,746 | — |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #4,987 | — |
| 1991 | 18 | — | #5,330 | — |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #5,002 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | — | #4,620 | — |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #5,810 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,503 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #12,224 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,985 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,226 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #6,090 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,896 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #7,901 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #10,894 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,698 | — |