Nabeelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-BEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Nabeelah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Nabeelah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nabeela, itself a spelling of Nabila, from Arabic nabil 'noble'
“noble”
A spelling of Nabila, the feminine of the Arabic nabil, meaning noble.
Meaning borrowed from Nabeela.
Is Nabeelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nabeelah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nabeelah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Nabeelah, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Nabeelah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nabeelah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Nabeelah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Nabeelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah Nusaybah Azeemah Umamah Farah Umaymah Musfirah Hibah Rufaidah Aafiyah Niyyah Samah
Names related to Nabeelah
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, “Nabeelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nabeelah, updated 20 October 2026.