Fun Facts About the Name Naseeb
- 92 babies named Naseeb: U.S. records list 92 babies given the name Naseeb from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Naseeb - about 1 boy for every 17 girls.
What Does the Name Naseeb Mean?
Naseeb is an Arabic name, taken from the noun naṣīb (نصيب), which means a "share," "portion," or "lot" - the part of something assigned to a person. From that concrete sense it also means "destiny" or "fate." The noun belongs to the root n-ṣ-b, which carries the idea of something set up, fixed, or appointed; the same root yields Arabic manṣab (a post or rank) and nuṣub (a stone set up as a marker), so the underlying image is of a fixed or assigned place.
The word first names a measurable share - a portion of an inheritance, of property, or of good fortune - and then the share of life a person is given. In Urdu the same word, naseeb, is the ordinary term for fate or fortune, and Persian nasīb and Turkish nasip keep the sense of a lot or portion.
Naseeb Name History & Origins
Naṣīb is an old word of classical Arabic, recorded both in its literal sense of a portion of property or inheritance and in the extended sense of a person's appointed lot. It also appears in the Qur'an in the phrase "those who were given a portion (naṣīb) of the Book," where it retains the concrete meaning of a measured share.
As a personal name, Naṣīb is used in Arabic-speaking regions, and it traveled with the spread of Islam and of the Persian and Urdu literary languages into Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia. Because naseeb is an everyday Urdu word for fate or fortune, the name is transparent in meaning to Urdu speakers, and it appears as a masculine given name in Pakistan and among Muslims in northern India, most often spelled Naseeb or Nasib. The feminine form Nasiba (نصيبة) is built from the same word.
The same Arabic form, nasīb, is a technical term in Arabic literary criticism for the amatory opening of a classical ode (qasīdah), in which the poet recalls a departed camp and a lost beloved. That is a literary usage of the word rather than a separate source of the personal name. In South Asia the word's everyday familiarity is visible in titles such as the 1981 Hindi film Naseeb.
How Popular is the Name Naseeb?
Naseeb 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 2024. Its best rank was #7,132 in 2024.
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 | #7,396 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,132 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #8,816 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #8,372 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #8,327 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #8,786 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #15,847 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #13,550 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Naseeb Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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