Nabhan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nab-HAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Nabhan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alert; noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Nabhan mean?
Arabic: Arabic nabhan
“alert; noble”
Is Nabhan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nabhan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nabhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Nabhan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Nabhan of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Nabhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Nabhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avyaan, Arjan, Ivaan, Nivaan, Nirvaan, Shivansh, Gurman, Nirvair, Vihaan, Navaan, Krishiv, Gurbaaz
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, “Nabhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nabhan, updated 20 October 2026.