Nabila is a distinctive choice, ranked #5927 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Nabila in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#5927
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About the Name Nabila
Nabila has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 566 places in five years. It was most popular in 1997 at #983 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Nabila is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Nabila in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Nabila
Nabila al-Zawahiri — Nabila al-Zawahiri is the daughter of Al-Qaeda co-founder Ayman al-Zawahiri and the wife of the group's external communications chief, Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi.
Nabila Rmili — Nabila Rmili is a Moroccan physician and National Rally of Independents (RNI) politician.
Nabila Feroz Bhatti — Nabila Feroz Bhatti is a Pakistani human rights defender, educationist, researcher, trainer, and columnist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nabila
Unlikely. With around 3 UK babies named Nabila per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nabila in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nabila is declining: down 4,081 places since 2020, to #5,927 in 2025. It peaked at #983 in 1997.
Nabila 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 Nabila include: Nabila al-Zawahiri, Nabila Rmili and Nabila Feroz Bhatti. Short summaries for each appear below.
Nabila does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nabilas in the wild.
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UK babies named Nabila (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 4081 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nabila
Almost certainly the only Nabila in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Nabila
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Nabila al-Zawahiri is the daughter of Al-Qaeda co-founder Ayman al-Zawahiri and the wife of the group's external communications chief, Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi.
Nabila Mounib is a Moroccan politician who currently serves as a member of parliament (MP) for the Casablanca-Settat constituency in the House of Representatives.
Nabila Aghanim is an Algerian observational cosmologist whose research concerns the interpretation of the cosmic microwave background and the light it sheds on galaxy formation and evolution, and the structure of galaxy filaments and the warm–hot intergalactic medium.