Nabilah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nabilah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #998 in 2002, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#998highest 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	#1522
1997	#1958
1998	#1392
1999	#1557
2000	#1594
2001	#1728
2002	#998
2003	#1325
2004	#1617
2005	#4798
2006	#2137
2007	#2233
2008	#2292
2009	#2535
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
2024	#3695

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 22 of the 29 years 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 #1522 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: #998 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nabilah 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 Nabilah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	43	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2010s	31	6 of 10	5
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Nabilah 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: #998 in England and Wales in 2002.

Nabilah'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	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 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #998, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2002Under 25 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.

Nabil · #375, 29y
Nabila · #983, 29y
Nada · #292, 46y
Nadia · #116, 66y

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.

Liyah · #998, 25y
Aayush · #999, 27y
Darsh · #999, 23y
Avinash · #1000, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Gurveer · #998, 29y
Liyah · #998, 25y
Aayush · #999, 27y
Avinash · #1000, 24y

Nabilah was ranked #998 in England and Wales · Girls in 2002. 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.

Nabilah 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 Nabilah without appearing here.

Nabilah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Nabilah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Mona Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1617 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1200.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1617 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1295.
Liv Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1617 and #1836 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1796.

Moved the opposite way to Nabilah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Nabilah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nabilah went from #1522 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #998 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nabilah

Nabilah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nabilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Nabilah at a glance

Nabilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nabilah

Nabilah and the names beside it

Nabilah moved ahead of

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