How rare is the name Nubia?

6,253 people in the United States have the first name Nubia, about 1 in 48,302. It ranks #3,381 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NUBIA

#3,381

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,253
About
1 in 48,302
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,253 people named Nubia, 90.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% as Black and 3.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nubia peaked in 1993, when 83 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
83
In 2025*
26 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,406 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Nubia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,961. The largest share of babies named Nubia, 35.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#5,836175
1980s#3,961400
1990s#4,102530
2000s#4,793590
2010s#6,298427
2020s#5,920278
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9630.9%
Generation Z 1997–1235.4%
2013 and later24.6%

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.

Where Nubia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nubia has been most common in Arizona (5.3×), California (5.2×), and Texas (4×), and least common in New York (0.65×).

1,314 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nubia

1 other first name also has 6,253 people.

#3,381 Lon · 6,253

Either side of Nubia

#3,380 Mervin · 6,257#3,381 Lon · 6,253#3,383 Danelle · 6,252#3,384 Candi · 6,244

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nubia, most common first.

#8,061 Nuvia · 1,824

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