Abida
Abida is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Abida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abida is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Abida
Abida first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 7 births, good for #12,408 nationwide. About 36% of every Abida on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Abida last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 56 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Abida
Phonetically similar names — useful when Abida is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Abada
- Abide
- Abides
- Abider
- Abadi
- Abadie
- Abiah
- Abbado
- Apoda
- Abeda
- Abiding
- Abided
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Abida
Abida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Abida's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #12,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Abida's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.