Ehab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-HAHB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Ehab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ehab mean?
Arabic: Egyptian spelling of Ihab
“gift”
Is Ehab a girl's or a boy's name?
Ehab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ehab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ehab, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ehab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Ehab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Ehab 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 Ehab, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Ehab in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ehab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Ehab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Musab Mustafa Musa Umar Zayd Amir Raheem Khalid
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Ehab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ehab, updated 20 October 2026.