Habiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-BEE-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Habiba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Habiba mean?
Arabic: feminine of Habib
“beloved”
Feminine form of Habib, from the Arabic for beloved.
Is Habiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Habiba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Habiba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,416th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Habiba, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Habiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were given Habiba or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Habiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 33 | #1,131 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 41 | #936 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 43 | #843 |
| 2007 | 39 | #880 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 37 | #750 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 26 | #894 |
How popular is Habiba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Habiba, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Habiba in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Habiba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Habiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Aaliyah, Halima, Humaira, Abeeha, Rahma, Zainab, Huda, Safiya, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Habiba
Names related to Habiba
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Habiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/habiba, updated 20 October 2026.