Nubia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOO-bee-a
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Nubia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Nubia mean?
Name of the ancient Nile region south of Egypt
Nubia is the historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, home of the ancient Kingdom of Kush.
Is Nubia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nubia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nubia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nubia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nubia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Nubia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Nubia, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer girls named Nubia than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Nubia in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nubia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,160 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,696 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 52 | #2,447 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 83 | #1,759 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like Nubia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Summer Safiya Khadija Amira Hiba Hafsa Halima Sumayyah Nusaybah
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, “Nubia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nubia, updated 20 October 2026.