Recorded 1986–2015 Girls' name Peak 1997 37 births

Nabihah — girls' name

37 babies named Nabihah in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s142000s112010s7
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Nabihah was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

8 babies were named Nabihah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nabihah

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Nabihah between 1986 and 2015, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nabihah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nabihah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nabihah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nabihah 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 37 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.

Nabihah at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

37

Since 1986

30 years of records

Peak year

1997

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1986

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2015

Nabihah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1986

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1997)
8
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
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Nabihah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
14 births that decade — 38% of Nabihah's all-time total
1980s51990s142000s112010s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nabihah?
37 babies have been named Nabihah since 1986. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1997 with 8 births.
When was Nabihah most popular?
Nabihah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Nabihah been used?
Nabihah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 30 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Nabihah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nabila, Nabiha, Nabeeha, Naba, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1986–2015 (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.