Eyob
Boy · EE-yob · Hebrew
Eyob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Eyob mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Job
Job is the patient sufferer of the biblical Book of Job.
- Say it
- EE-yob
Is Eyob a girl's or a boy's name?
Eyob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eyob in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Eyob, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Eyob than any year since 2014.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Eyob in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Eyob in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Eyob in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eyob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Eyob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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