Naba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Naba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “news, tidings”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Naba mean?
Arabic: Arabic naba'
“news, tidings”
Surah 78 of the Qur'an, An-Naba, takes its title from this word, referring to 'the great news'.
Is Naba a girl's or a boy's name?
Naba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Naba, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Naba than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Naba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Naba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Naba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Naba, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Naba in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Naba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Rahma Zainab Abeeha Nusaybah Safaa Ayah Huda Aaliyah Zaha
Names related to Naba
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Naba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naba, updated 20 October 2026.