Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 271
- 0 boys · 271 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,390 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,390 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337 as a first name in 2020; 380 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naba’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Naba as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 那波.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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