Aarib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-reeb
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Aarib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “clever, skilful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Aarib mean?
Arabic: from Arabic arib
“clever, skilful”
Is Aarib a girl's or a boy's name?
Aarib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aarib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Aarib, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aarib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aarib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Aarib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Aarib, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Aarib in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aarib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
Names like Aarib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Muhammad Zayan Arham Azaan Musa Abdullah Zayd Musab Sahib Ayyub Ahmed
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aarib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aarib, updated 20 October 2026.