Arabia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-RAY-bee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Arabia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “land of the Arabs”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Arabia mean?
Arabic: place name Arabia, the land of the Arabs
“land of the Arabs”
Taken from the place name Arabia, the Arabian Peninsula, called after the Arab people.
Is Arabia a girl's or a boy's name?
Arabia is a girls' name.
How popular is Arabia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Arabia in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arabia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Arabia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Aliya Amira Safia Safiya Aysha Samira Aziza Fatoumata Safa Salma Zainab
Names related to Arabia
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arabia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arabia, updated 20 October 2026.