Nayab
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- naa-YAAB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Nayab is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “rare, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Nayab mean?
Persian: Persian and Urdu nayab
“rare, precious”
Is Nayab a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayab is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nayab, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nayab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nayab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Nayab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rabab Faiza Hibah Niyyah Saba Maham Farah Rahaf Zaha Zainab Safa Zairah
Names related to Nayab
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Nayab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayab, updated 20 October 2026.