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Nijah

Nijah is a unisex given name: about 13% of people named Nijah are men and 87% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 13%Female 87%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
13% male / 87% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
168 male / 1,161 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Nijah

To address Nijah when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Nijah," in English, "Guten Tag Nijah," in German. About 13% of people named Nijah are men and 87% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Nijah,

German

Guten Tag Nijah,

French

Bonjour Nijah,

Spanish

Estimado/a Nijah:

Chinese

Nijah您好：

Japanese

Nijah様

English

Hi Nijah,

German

Hi Nijah,

French

Salut Nijah,

Spanish

Hola Nijah,

Chinese

Nijah你好：

Japanese

Nijahさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Nijah by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name13%

United States birth data

168 male · 1,161 female · 1,329 births recorded

Male 13%Female 87%

Since 1980: 13% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Nijah a male or female name?

Nijah is a unisex given name: about 13% of people named Nijah are men and 87% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Nijah in an email?

To address Nijah when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Nijah," in English, "Guten Tag Nijah," in German. About 13% of people named Nijah are men and 87% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Nijah a unisex name?

Nijah is not a unisex name: 13% of people named Nijah are men. Nijah leans strongly female overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Nijah a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nijah (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_nijah,
  title  = {Is Nijah a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nijah},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}