Abida

Girl · AH-bee-dah · Arabic

Abida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “worshipper of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).

What does Abida mean?

Arabic: feminine of Abid

“worshipper of God”

Feminine of Abid, from the Arabic for one who worships God.

Say it: AH-bee-dah

Is Abida a girl's or a boy's name?

Abida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Abida in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #4,935among girls
Babies in 2025: 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Abida, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 42 girls.

Half of all the girls named Abida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 42 in 20042025

Abida in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	4	#4,935
2024	7	#3,381
2023	0	–
2022	6	#3,728
2021	7	#3,338
2020	3	#5,734
2019	8	#3,018
2018	7	#3,344
2017	9	#2,864
2016	8	#3,105
2015	6	#3,777
2014	8	#3,031
2013	14	#2,061
2012	12	#2,319
2011	14	#2,032
2010	10	#2,540
2009	22	#1,411
2008	15	#1,840
2007	28	#1,117
2006	29	#1,035
2005	24	#1,128
2004	42	#731
2003	28	#951
2002	31	#854
2001	28	#891
2000	31	#811
1999	24	#975
1998	19	#1,158
1997	28	#870
1996	19	#1,090

Names like Abida

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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