Nabilah
Nabila, and its variant spellings Nabeela, Nabillah, Nebila, and Nabeelah, is the feminine variation of the given name Nabil, meaning noble. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Nabilah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nabila, and its variant spellings Nabeela, Nabillah, Nebila, and Nabeelah, is the feminine variation of the given name Nabil, meaning noble. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Nabilah
The earliest SSA record of Nabilah as a baby girl name dates back to 1986, when 5 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Nabilah — #8,587 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Nabilah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Nabilah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 93 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nabilah
Nabilah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 93 births in the dataset. Nabilah's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #8,587. Use the chart and map above to compare Nabilah'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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