Given name & surname
Rabia
“born during the spring”
Rabia is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born during the spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born during the spring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
From Arabic رَابِعَة; its root is Arabic ر ب ع.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rabia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 862
- 0 boys · 862 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,689 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,689 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,199 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rabia’s family of names
Rabia has a related form in Rabiya. Rabia has a related form in Rabiah. Rabia has a related form in Rabiah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rabia
- Rabia BasriIraqi sufi and poet710–801
- Rabia BalkhiPersian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period1000
- Rabia Bala Hatunwife of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Dynasty1258–1324
- Rabia Şermi Kadınconsort of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III (died c.1732), and mother of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid I1698–1732
- Rabia KazanTurkish journalist (born 1976)
- Rabia SultanHaseki Sultan of Ahmed II
- Rabia DjeltiAlgerian poet, novelist and translatorborn 1954
- Rabia ButtPakistani actress and modelborn 1990
- Rabia SoytürkTurkish actor (born 1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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