Shabana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-BAH-na
- Origin
- Persian
Shabana is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “of the night”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shabana mean?
Persian: from shab 'night' + -ana
“of the night”
From Persian shab, 'night', with the suffix -ana; popular among South Asian Muslims.
Is Shabana a girl's or a boy's name?
Shabana is a girls' name.
How popular is Shabana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shabana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shabana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
Names like Shabana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saba, Sabiha, Samira, Saliha, Safiya, Safia, Habiba, Fabiha, Fariha, Halima, Faiza, Alisha
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Shabana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shabana, updated 20 October 2026.