Habib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-BEEB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Habib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Habib mean?
Arabic
“beloved”
Arabic for beloved, also used as an everyday term of affection.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Habib a girl's or a boy's name?
Habib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Habib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Habib, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Habib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Habib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Habib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Habib, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Habib than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Habib in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Habib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Habib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Musa, Mustafa, Musab, Hassan, Sahib, Fahad, Hammad
Names related to Habib
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, “Habib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/habib, updated 20 October 2026.