Nabila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-BEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Nabila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble, honourable”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Nabila mean?
Arabic: feminine of Nabil
“noble, honourable”
The feminine form of Nabil, from the Arabic root n-b-l, linked with nobility and excellence.
Is Nabila a girl's or a boy's name?
Nabila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nabila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nabila, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 25 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Nabila since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nabila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nabila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Nabila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Nabila, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Nabila than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nabila in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nabila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Nabila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Amira, Khadija, Halima, Safiya, Abeeha, Rahma, Habiba
Names related to Nabila
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, “Nabila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nabila, updated 20 October 2026.