Rabia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAB-ee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Rabia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fourth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Rabia mean?
Arabic: from Rabi'a
“fourth”
Rabia al-Adawiyya of Basra was an 8th-century Sufi mystic, said to be so named as her parents' fourth daughter.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rabia a girl's or a boy's name?
Rabia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rabia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Rabia, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 50 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rabia than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Rabia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Rabia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 50 | #648 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 30 | #867 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 45 | #632 |
| 1996 | 42 | #634 |
How popular is Rabia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Rabia, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Rabia than any year since 1978.
Half of all the girls named Rabia in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rabia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Rabia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Safia Safiya Ruqayyah Zainab Halima Rahma Sumayyah Hiba Khadija Habiba
Names related to Rabia
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, “Rabia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rabia, updated 20 October 2026.