Rabiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rah-BEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Rabiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fourth, or spring”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rabiya mean?
Arabic: variant of Rabia, from rabia 'fourth' or rabi 'spring'
“fourth, or spring”
Rabia al-Adawiyya of Basra, an eighth-century Sufi mystic, is the best-known early bearer of the name.
Is Rabiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Rabiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Rabiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rabiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rabiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
Names like Rabiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya, Safia, Habiba, Afiya, Humaira, Aaliya, Ruqayyah, Samiya, Salma, Faiza, Aaliyah, Nabiha
Names related to Rabiya
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) 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, “Rabiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rabiya, updated 20 October 2026.