Areeb
Boy · uh-REEB · Arabic
Areeb is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “clever, skilful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Areeb mean?
Arabic: from Arabic arib
“clever, skilful”
- Say it
- uh-REEB
Is Areeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Areeb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Areeb in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Areeb, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Areeb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Areeb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Areeb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Areeb, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Areeb in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Areeb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
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