Nusaybah

What Nusaybah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Nusaybah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1999, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Nusaybah?

US: Rising: up from #6452 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #722 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 84 girls got the name (#2194 that year). First in the US records in 1999.

How common

• About 1 in 19,134 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,447 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.2 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.2 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.19 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nusaybah is #2194 in the US and #263 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nusaybah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nusaiba24 US · 29 E&W
• Nusayba21 US · 19 E&W
• Nusaibah9 US · 11 E&W
• Nuseyba6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nusaybah

Girls

• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Vivian#70possibly “alive”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*

For a brother

• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nusaybah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.