Aqib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-kib
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Aqib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “successor, one who comes after”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Aqib mean?
Arabic
“successor, one who comes after”
Al-Aqib, 'the last', is one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in hadith.
Is Aqib a girl's or a boy's name?
Aqib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aqib in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 66 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aqib in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Aqib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 30 | #773 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 44 | #510 |
| 1999 | 40 | #548 |
| 1998 | 62 | #404 |
| 1997 | 66 | #394 |
| 1996 | 60 | #391 |
How popular is Aqib 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 Aqib, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Aqib in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aqib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Aqib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Habib Musab Sahib Azaan Zayd Musa Zayaan Ahad
Names related to Aqib
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Aqib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aqib, updated 20 October 2026.