How Many People Are Named Nubia?
An estimated 2,308 people in the United States have the first name Nubia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Nubia peaked in popularity in 1993 with 83 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nubia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nubia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,308
About 1 in 148,507 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1993
83 births
Total Registered
2,379
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nubia
Nubia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,379 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nubia as a female name
Ranked #4,256 in 2024
34 female births in 2024
Peak: 1993 (83 births)
Nubia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nubia span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 590 babies were registered. While Nubia is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nubia by Decade
How has Nubia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nubia by State
Birth registrations for Nubia span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Arizona. The lowest are in Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois. On average, about 131 Nubias were registered per state.
Nubia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nubia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Nubia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nubia?
We estimate approximately 2,308 people named Nubia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 148,507 Americans share this first name.
Is Nubia a common name?
Nubia is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,379 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nubia most popular?
Nubia reached peak popularity in 1993, when 83 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nubia is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nubia a female name?
Nubia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nubia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nubia Smith, Nubia Johnson, Nubia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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