Nabil
Masculine · “noble”
Nabil is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,961 boys against 49 girls since 1880.
Nabil is noble in Arabic — and the same root gives the word for an arrow-maker, because skill and nobility were linked.
How old is the name Nabil?
Nabil first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Nabil alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 1,900 people named Nabil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nabil most popular?
Nabil peaked in 1994, reaching #1581 nationally. Today it ranks #2572, 991 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
Where it comes from
From nabil to Nabil
The story of Nabil
The root behind Nabil covers nobility and arrows alike, which Arabic lexicographers explain through excellence — the well-made arrow and the well-made character. Nabil is standard across Arabic naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
noble, generous
From the Arabic nabil, 'noble' or 'high-minded', from a root that also gives nabl, 'arrows', and nabbal, 'arrow-maker'. The connection is generally read through skill and excellence. The Arabic is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- nabil
- Nabil
Related forms: نبيل · Nabil · Nabeel
Pronouncing Nabil
nah-BEEL
Two syllables, stress on the second. Nabil and Nabeel are said identically.
Nicknames for Nabil
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most boys named
- 199458 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1581reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- +8.5%51 in 2025, from 47
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nabil in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- نبيل in Arabic — transliteration
- Nabil in Urdu — same name
- Nabeel in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Minnesota.
Nabils among us
people named Nabil are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 33,492 born in 2025 was named Nabil
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lynden test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nabil's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lynden climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lynden's path sketches the road Nabil is walking now.
Nabil sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Nabil is headed
Nabil should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Nabil beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nabil in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That nobility and arrow-making share a root through excellence is a first-rate connection.
- The noble meaning is transparent and strong.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Nabil and Nabeel are both in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Arabic.
- The Nabi clipping is also the word for a prophet.
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Masculine · #2572 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Nabils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Nabil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nabil in 2025?
- Nabil ranks #2572 among US boy names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nabil?
- About 1 in every 33,492 US boys born in 2025 was named Nabil — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nabil with classmates?
- Nabil will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Nabil
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