Kubra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOOB-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Kubra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “greatest, great”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Kubra mean?
Arabic: Arabic kubra, feminine of akbar
“greatest, great”
Khadija, the Prophet Muhammad's first wife, is honoured with the title al-Kubra, 'the Great'.
Is Kubra a girl's or a boy's name?
Kubra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kubra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kubra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kubra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kubra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Kubra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Khaira Noura Safa Salma Asma Khadija Raha Hafsa Rahma Hiba Eira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kubra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kubra, updated 20 October 2026.