Adib
Boy · ah-DEEB · Arabic
Adib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “cultured, well-mannered”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Adib mean?
Arabic
“cultured, well-mannered”
From the same Arabic root as adab 'manners, literature'; an adib is a man of letters.
- Say it
- ah-DEEB
Is Adib a girl's or a boy's name?
Adib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Adib, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Adib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Adib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Adib, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Adib in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Adib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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