Nabilah — girls' name
93 babies named Nabilah in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Nabilah was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Nabilah in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nabilah
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Nabilah between 1986 and 2020, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nabilah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nabilah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nabilah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nabilah 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 93 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.
Nabilah at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nabilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1986
- Peak year (1991)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
93 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 9 births in a single year.
Nabilah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32 births that decade — 34% of Nabilah's all-time total
Nabilah decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nabilah's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1986–2020 (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.