Nubia
Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Nubia was most popular in 1993, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,942 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,406 people named Nubia.
Nubia over time
How old is the name Nubia?
Nubia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 57 years since.
How many people are named Nubia?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,406 American births named Nubia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,366 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Nubia in 2025?
26 American babies were named Nubia in 2025, ranking #8,652 that year.
Is Nubia getting more or less popular?
Nubia is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 36 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +17% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Nubia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Nubia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,406 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Nubia?
Roughly 2,366 Americans named Nubia are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 14 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Nubia is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org