NameTides

Rabab

Rabab was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #303 in Canada.

Rabab as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rabab as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rabab as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,491 (14)#997 (34)#303 (103)
2024#8,443 (12)#1,230 (27)#410 (74)
2023#8,055 (13)#1,863 (15)#519 (56)
2022#10,383 (9)#2,325 (11)#859 (31)
2021#11,146 (8)#4,634 (4)#1,082 (24)
2020——#1,877 (11)
2018—#4,684 (4)#1,996 (10)
2016#14,331 (6)#5,785 (3)—
2014#13,069 (7)——
2013——#2,888 (6)
2011#16,764 (5)#5,785 (3)#2,618 (7)
2010#16,992 (5)#4,012 (5)—
2009—#5,556 (3)—
2008—#5,545 (3)#2,806 (6)
2007#12,676 (8)——

Rabab as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rabab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rabab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,243 (9)#1,406 (19)#591 (49)
2024#8,987 (8)#2,672 (8)#1,246 (18)
2023——#1,496 (13)
2022——#1,759 (10)
2021——#1,761 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #7,491.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rabab is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 96,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 73,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rabab by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rabab (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#41830

Rabab (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RababCanadaGirls#303103
RababCanadaBoys#59149
RababEngland & WalesGirls#99734
RababEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
RababNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RababUSGirls#7,49114
RababUSBoys#8,2439