Bibi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEE-bee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Bibi is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Bibi mean?
Persian
“lady”
In Persian, Urdu and Hindi bibi is a respectful word for a lady.
Is Bibi a girl's or a boy's name?
Bibi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bibi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Bibi, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 38 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bibi than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Bibi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were given Bibi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #863, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
- Bibi 32
- Bebe 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Bibi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 33 | #1,131 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 36 | #963 |
| 2007 | 33 | #985 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 35 | #853 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Bibi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Bibi, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Bibi in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bibi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Bibi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Remi, Demi, Oluwadarasimi, Zuri, Oluwanifemi, Safa, Zainab, Bambi, Summer, Chisimdi, Tiaraoluwa, Amarachi
Other spellings of Bibi
Names related to Bibi
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Bibi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bibi, updated 20 October 2026.