Nusaybah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- noo-SAY-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,194 for girls
Nusaybah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 280th for girls in the UK (175 babies) and 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Nusaybah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nusayba
Nusaybah bint Ka'b, also called Umm Umara, fought to defend the Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Uhud.
Is Nusaybah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nusaybah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 175 girls in the UK and 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nusaybah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 175about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 121% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 175 girls in the UK were named Nusaybah, making it the 280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Nusaybah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nusaybah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 234 girls in the UK were given Nusaybah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #280 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 263rd in England and Wales.
Nusaybah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | #280 |
| 2024 | 144 | #334 |
| 2023 | 92 | #475 |
| 2022 | 76 | #560 |
| 2021 | 74 | #584 |
| 2020 | 58 | #691 |
| 2019 | 64 | #663 |
| 2018 | 64 | #683 |
| 2017 | 53 | #805 |
| 2016 | 66 | #689 |
| 2015 | 57 | #748 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 39 | #1,007 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Nusaybah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Nusaybah, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Nusaybah of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Nusaybah in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Nusaybah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
Nusaybah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Nusaybah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Aaliyah Ayah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Hafsa Hiba Aaminah Safiya Rahma
Other spellings of Nusaybah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Nusaybah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nusaybah, updated 20 October 2026.