Awab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-WAHB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Awab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who turns back to God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Awab mean?
Arabic
“one who turns back to God”
The Quran praises the prophets David and Solomon as awwab, 'ever turning to God'.
Is Awab a girl's or a boy's name?
Awab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Awab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Awab, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Awab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Awab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
How popular is Awab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Awab, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more boys named Awab than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Awab in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Awab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Awab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musab, Zayaan, Abdullah, Musa, Zayan, Zayd, Ahmed, Azaan, Arham, Hamza, Ayyub
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, “Awab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/awab, updated 20 October 2026.