Nabila

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nabila: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #983, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#983highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#983
1998	#1259
1999	#1317
2000	#1389
2001	#1063
2002	#1442
2003	#1472
2004	#1106
2005	#1934
2006	#2137
2007	#1126
2008	#1516
2009	#1411
2010	#1731
2011	#1545
2012	#1583
2013	#1707
2014	#1882
2015	#1865
2016	#2367
2017	#2502
2018	#2187
2019	#3151
2020	#1846
2021	#3192
2022	#3533
2023	#4056
2024	#2411

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland 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 #1364 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: #983 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nabila 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 Nabila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	63	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	164	10 of 10	16
2010s	141	10 of 10	14
2020s	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Nabila 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: #983 in England and Wales in 1997.

Nabila'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	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 #983, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200725 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.

Nabiha · #859, 29y
Nabil · #375, 29y
Nabilah · #998, 22y
Nada · #292, 46y

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.

Isaak · #983, 29y
Shakir · #983, 27y
Inigo · #984, 29y
Madeeha · #982, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Isaak · #983, 29y
Shakir · #983, 27y
Afiyah · #982, 21y
Inigo · #984, 29y

Nabila was ranked #983 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. 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.

Nabila 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 Nabila without appearing here.

Nabila moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4843.
Denise Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Nabila

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Dylan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1454.
Marilyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1692.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Nabila

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Nabila

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabila went from #1364 to #2411 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #983 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nabila

Nabila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nabila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nabila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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