Heba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEH-bah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Heba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Heba mean?
Arabic: Arabic hiba, in an Egyptian-style spelling
“gift”
Is Heba a girl's or a boy's name?
Heba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Heba, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Heba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Heba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Heba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Heba, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Heba than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Heba in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
Names like Heba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Hafsa Zainab Huda Aaliyah Rahma Halima Ayah Amira Khadija Faiza
Names related to Heba
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Heba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heba, updated 20 October 2026.