Recorded 1917–2013 Boys' name Peak 1990 384 births

Nabor — boys' name

384 babies named Nabor in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

23% of everyone ever named Nabor was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

17 babies were named Nabor in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nabor

The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Nabor between 1917 and 2013, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nabor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nabor performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Nabor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Nabor in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nabor 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 384 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.

Nabor at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

384

Since 1917

97 years of records

Peak year

1990

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1917

Recorded for 97 years

Last year on file: 2013

Nabor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1917

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (1990)
17
Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
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Nabor by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
88 births that decade — 23% of Nabor's all-time total
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Nabor by state

Where Nabor concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Nabor
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
31 8.1%
#2 California
22 5.7%
#3 New Mexico
5 1.3%
Texas share of Nabor's total US births 8.1%
Even split

31 of 384 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nabor?
384 babies have been named Nabor since 1917. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 1990 with 17 births.
When was Nabor most popular?
Nabor was most popular in the 1990s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Nabor most popular?
The top states for the name Nabor are Texas (31 births), California (22 births), New Mexico (5 births).
How long has the name Nabor been used?
Nabor has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 97 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Nabor?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nabil, Nabeel, Nabi, Nabhan, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1917–2013 (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.