Cub
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUB
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Cub is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “young animal, cub”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Cub mean?
English: the English word for a young animal
“young animal, cub”
Is Cub a girl's or a boy's name?
Cub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Cub, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Cub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
Names like Cub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Cove, Reign, Chester, Rowan, Rory, Oakley, Carter, Myles, Brody, Kit, Ronan
Names related to Cub
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cub: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cub, updated 20 October 2026.