Nabiha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-BEE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Nabiha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Nabiha mean?
Arabic: feminine of Nabih
“intelligent, noble”
Feminine of Nabih, from an Arabic root meaning alert, aware or distinguished.
Is Nabiha a girl's or a boy's name?
Nabiha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nabiha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Nabiha, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 39 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nabiha than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Nabiha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Nabiha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Nabiha 24
- Nabeeha 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Nabiha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Nabiha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Nabiha, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Nabiha in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nabiha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Nabiha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Abeeha, Rahma, Amira, Nusaybah, Safiya, Khadija, Halima
Other spellings of Nabiha
Names related to Nabiha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Nabiha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nabiha, updated 20 October 2026.