Nabeel — #4227 US boys' name
1,156 babies named Nabeel in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Nabeel was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Nabeel in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nabeel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,156 babies named Nabeel between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nabeel currently holds the #4227 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nabeel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nabeel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nabeel in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nabeel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,156 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nabeel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Nabeel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (1999)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #4227 among boys.
1,156 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 45 births in a single year.
Nabeel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 314 births that decade — 27% of Nabeel's all-time total
Nabeel decade highlights
- Peak decade 314 births
- Runner-up 309 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nabeel's strongest decade
314 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Nabeel by state
Where Nabeel concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 105 | 9.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 98 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 35 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 29 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
105 of 1,156 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
- New York 8.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.