How rare is the name Nabil?

5,530 people in the United States have the first name Nabil, about 1 in 54,617. It ranks #3,674 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

NABIL

#3,674

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,530
About
1 in 54,617
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,530 people named Nabil, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.9% as Black. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nabil peaked in 2015, when 63 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
63
In 2025*
51 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,010 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nabil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #4,688. The largest share of babies named Nabil, 35.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,10321
1970s#7,478118
1980s#5,446254
1990s#4,688435
2000s#5,691457
2010s#6,051452
2020s#5,986273
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–9627%
Generation Z 1997–1235.9%
2013 and later29.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Nabil

2 other first names also have 5,530 people.

#3,674 Marko · 5,530#3,674 Song · 5,530

Either side of Nabil

#3,673 Felipa · 5,531#3,674 Marko · 5,530#3,674 Song · 5,530#3,677 Cal · 5,529

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nabil, most common first.

#6,777 Nabila · 2,328#33,297 Navil · 249#48,685 Nabel · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Nabil ranks #73,107 of 156,621, with 286 people. See Nabil as a last name

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