girls:
37 births since 2021
#5679 (1st percentile)
boys:
31 births since 2008
#4555 (1st percentile)
overall:
68 births since 2008
#7671 (1st percentile)
The name Nabi is the #7,671 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 68 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,679 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 2021. For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 2008.
Nabi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Nabi is available in 6 out of the 16 years between 2008 and 2023 (5 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nabi is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Nabi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2021, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2008 to 2020), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (69.8% girls from 2021 to 2023).
For girls, Nabi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #932) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Nabi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #932 (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million.
For boys, Nabi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #920) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nabi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nabi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Nabi is pronounced as NAH-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nuh-BEE, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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