Nusayba
Girl · noo-SAY-ba · Arabic
Nusayba is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Nusayba mean?
Arabic
Nusayba bint Ka'b, also called Umm Umara, fought to defend the Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Uhud.
- Say it
- noo-SAY-ba
Is Nusayba a girl's or a boy's name?
Nusayba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nusayba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Nusayba, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nusayba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 234 girls in the UK were given Nusayba or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #1,642 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Nusayba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nusayba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Nusayba, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Nusayba of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Nusayba in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Nusayba or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Nusayba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
Names like Nusayba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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