Nabil is a distinctive choice, ranked #1402 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Nabil in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1402
About the Name Nabil
Nabil has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 88 places in five years. It was most popular in 2004 at #590 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Nabil is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nabil
Unlikely. With around 19 UK babies named Nabil per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nabil in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nabil has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 88 places in the last five years. Its peak was #590 in 2004. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Nabil is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Nabil include: Nabil Elouahabi — Nabil Elouahabi, often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British-Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in EastEnders from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid...; Nabil Husein — Nabil Husien Said Amin Alrasydi commonly known as Nabil Husien is an Indonesian businessman from Samarinda, East Kalimantan.; Gohar Nabil — Gohar Nabil is an Egyptian handball player..
Nabil does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nabils in the wild.
19
UK babies named Nabil (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 88 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nabil
Likely around 1 other Nabil in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Nabil Elouahabi, often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British-Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in EastEnders from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in "Strangers on the Shore" and as Mr. Mustapha in the Netflix series Top Boy in 2011 and 2013.
Nabil Husien Said Amin Alrasydi commonly known as Nabil Husien is an Indonesian businessman from Samarinda, East Kalimantan. He is also a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the NasDem Party faction.
Nabil Fahmy (Arabic: نبيل فهمي) is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served in the government of Egypt as minister of foreign affairs from June 2013 to July 2014.
Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah is a Moroccan politician. He had served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism of Morocco from 2012 until 2018, as part of the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.
Nabil Qaouk was a Lebanese cleric and politician who served as the deputy head of Hezbollah's executive council and the commander of Hezbollah's "preventive security unit." He was designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Mohamed Nasir Nabil Abdul Rashid bin Suleman Obineche, known as Nabil Abdulrashid is an English comedian, In 2010, at the age of 25, he became the youngest black comedian to perform stand-up at the Hammersmith Apollo.