Nabeel
Nabīl or Nabeel, rendered in some languages as Nebil, is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "noble". The feminine version is Nabila, Nabeela, Nabilah, Nabeela or Nabeelah.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Nabeel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nabīl or Nabeel, rendered in some languages as Nebil, is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "noble". The feminine version is Nabila, Nabeela, Nabilah, Nabeela or Nabeelah.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Nabeel
Nabeel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1970, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 45 Nabeels were born — ranking #2,098 that year. As of 2026, Nabeel ranks #4,509 for baby boys with 23 births, gradually falling (-14%). In total, more than 1K Nabeels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Nabeel
Nabeel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Nabeel's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #2,098. Use the chart and map above to compare Nabeel'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 .
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