Nawab is a distinctive choice, ranked #856 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Nawab in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#856
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About the Name Nawab
Nawab has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #1000. The name has climbed 3812 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been relatively new to UK records, first appearing in 2012.
Nawab is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Nawab in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Nawab
Chand Nawab — Chand Nawab is a Pakistani journalist from Karachi.
Nawab Bai — Rahmat-un-Nissa, better known by her title Nawab Bai (Persian: نواب بائی; meaning "The Great"), was a secondary wife of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
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 Nawab
Unlikely. With around 37 UK babies named Nawab per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nawab in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nawab is at its highest recorded position — #856 in 2025, with 37 births. In 2021 it ranked #4,789.
Nawab 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 Nawab include: Chand Nawab, Huma Nawab and Nawab Faizunnesa. Short summaries for each appear below.
Nawab does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nawabs in the wild.
37
UK babies named Nawab (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 3933 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nawab
Almost certainly the only Nawab in the class
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UK Popularity (2012–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Nawab
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The Nawab of Dhaka (Bengali: "ঢাকার নবাব"), originally spelt in English Nawab of Dacca, was the title of the head of one of the largest Muslim zamindar in British Bengal and Assam, based in present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh.