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Nabil

#2,589 in 2025Boys' name

Noble

Nabil has been given to 2,010 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #2,589 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 63 recorded.

Babies named Nabil, 2025

1 in 65,000

Nabil over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nabil: meaning, origin, and history

Noble

Arabic

What Nabil means

Nabil means “noble”, associated with nabīl.

Origin, language, and formation

Nabil is used in English, Indonesian and Malay. Its origins include Arabic.

Nabil comes through Arabic نَبِيل.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Nabil is pronounced [nəˈbɪɫ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,961 boys were recorded with the name Nabil between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 63 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,590 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,622 in 2020 to #2,589 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,183 in 2015 to #2,589 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 girls were recorded with the name Nabil between 1988 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1988; its best national rank was #5,227 in 1988.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nabil?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 65,000
51 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 33,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,589
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,058 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nabil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,058 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nabil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nabils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nabil was born before 2003 — so the typical Nabil is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
23.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,961
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 23.3% of all recorded uses (457).

Is Nabil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+192
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,033
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−406
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.0%
Peak was 2015 (63)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,590
1994

Spellings of Nabil

Nabil is not the most common spelling — Neil is, with 38.7% against Nabil's 0.72%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nabil is used

Across 2016–2025, Nabil was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 45,829 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

010 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 10,000
  2. 2New York1 in 14,286
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 50,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 100,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Nabil around the world

Where Nabil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,359
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2003–2003
    #375
    in 2003
  • France
    1952–2025
    #658
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,390
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Nabil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,589
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,033
Best rank ever
#1,590
1994
Peak year
2015
63 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,961
Count in 2025
51

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,227
1988
Peak year
1988
16 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
1992
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nabil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NabeelNaborNabiNabhanNebilNabhyaSybilHabil

Sibling names for Nabil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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