Fun Facts About the Name Nabiha
- 651 babies named Nabiha: U.S. records list 651 babies given the name Nabiha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nabiha Mean?
Nabiha is an Arabic feminine name built on the root n-b-h. Its direct source is the adjective nabīh (نَبِيه), meaning "noble," "distinguished," or "notable," with the feminine ending -a giving Nabīha. The same root carries a second, closely related sense: the verb nabiha (نَبِهَ) means "to be alert, awake, heedful," and the derived noun tanbīh (تنبيه) means a notification or warning. Classical Arabic dictionaries group "eminence" and "awareness" under this one root, so the two senses are usually understood as linked rather than as separate origins. The name is not related to Nabila, which comes from a different root, n-b-l.
Nabiha Name History & Origins
The name comes from the classical Arabic vocabulary of praise and attentiveness rather than from a religious text or a literary character. Its masculine counterpart, Nabih (نبيه), is also a long-established given name, and the pair follows a common Arabic pattern in which a feminine form is made by adding -a to an adjective. Because the name ends in the Arabic feminine marker tā' marbūṭa (ة), it appears in Latin script in several ways, including Nabiha, Nabihah, Nabeeha, and Nabeha; these are spelling choices for the same name, not different names.
Nabiha is used by Arabic-speaking families in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and North Africa, and it has traveled with Arabic-speaking emigrants to Europe, North America, and elsewhere. It is a personal name of the general Arabic stock, so its use is not tied to one country or one religious community. The shortened form Nabih and the feminine Nabiha are sometimes written with a final -h in English-language records purely for transliteration reasons.
How Popular is the Name Nabiha?
Nabiha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #4,047 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,775 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #6,544 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #11,864 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #8,366 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #8,824 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,462 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #5,268 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #5,279 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,891 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #6,343 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #4,047 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #5,931 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,846 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #4,572 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #5,317 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #5,365 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #5,190 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #6,996 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #4,441 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #8,582 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #6,467 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #8,108 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #5,052 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #5,613 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #7,215 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #7,455 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #6,117 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #9,071 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #6,395 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #6,282 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #11,354 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,221 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #15,018 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #14,777 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,991 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #10,476 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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