Nabor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-BOR
Nabor is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nabor mean?
Name of a Roman martyr, Saint Nabor; the root is unclear
Taken from Saint Nabor, a Roman soldier and martyr honoured together with Saint Felix.
Is Nabor a girl's or a boy's name?
Nabor is a boys' name.
How popular is Nabor in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Nabor in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nabor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Nabor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nabor, updated 20 October 2026.