Nabiha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nabiha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nabiha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #859 in 2008, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#859highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2411
1998	#2701
1999	#2189
2000	#2416
2001	#1520
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#1252
2005	#1406
2006	#1153
2007	#1196
2008	#859
2009	#1105
2010	#1013
2011	#1295
2012	#998
2013	#1148
2014	#1204
2015	#1057
2016	#1834
2017	#1568
2018	#1711
2019	#2040
2020	#2615
2021	#2073
2022	#1849
2023	#2063
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #859 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nabiha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nabiha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	186	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	250	10 of 10	25
2020s	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nabiha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #859 in England and Wales in 2008.

Nabiha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#998	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#859	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #859, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 200825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nabeelah · #1979, 19y
Nabhan · #2859, 10y
Nabil · #375, 29y
Nabila · #983, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dixie · #859, 27y
Hajrah · #858, 29y
Marwah · #860, 26y
Gurleen · #857, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dixie · #859, 27y
Poppy-Mae · #859, 22y
Hajrah · #858, 29y
Marwah · #860, 26y

Nabiha was ranked #859 in England and Wales · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nabiha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nabiha without appearing here.

Nabiha moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1252 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Nabiha

Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1372 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #799.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1057 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1834 and #768.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Nabiha

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabiha went from #1252 to #2000 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabiha went from #2096 to #1057 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabiha went from #2096 to #998 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabiha went from #1013 to #2000 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Nabiha

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabiha went from #1372 to #2000 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #859 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nabiha

Nabiha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nabiha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nabiha at a glance

Nabiha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nabiha

Nabiha and the names beside it

Nabiha moved ahead of

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