Aaqib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-kib
- Origin
- Arabic
Aaqib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “successor, one who comes after”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aaqib mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aqib
“successor, one who comes after”
Al-Aqib, 'the last', is one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in hadith.
Meaning borrowed from Aqib.
Is Aaqib a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaqib is a boys' name.
How popular is Aaqib in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aaqib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Aaqib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Names like Aaqib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habib Ahmed Abdur Saif Haseeb Zohaib Azeem Umair Suhaib Hammad Fahad Sahib
Names related to Aaqib
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaqib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaqib, updated 20 October 2026.