Hiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HIB-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #285 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,173 for girls
Hiba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 285th for girls in the UK (171 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Hiba mean?
Arabic
“gift”
In Islamic law, hiba is the term for a gift given freely during one's lifetime.
Is Hiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Hiba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 171 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hiba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #285among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 171about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 171 girls in the UK were named Hiba, making it the 285th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 448th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 200 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 281st in England and Wales and 359th in Scotland.
Hiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #285 |
| 2024 | 200 | #262 |
| 2023 | 132 | #364 |
| 2022 | 120 | #398 |
| 2021 | 106 | #450 |
| 2020 | 103 | #448 |
| 2019 | 76 | #577 |
| 2018 | 77 | #585 |
| 2017 | 77 | #604 |
| 2016 | 69 | #667 |
| 2015 | 66 | #670 |
| 2014 | 81 | #573 |
| 2013 | 89 | #521 |
| 2012 | 73 | #634 |
| 2011 | 67 | #654 |
| 2010 | 69 | #631 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 85 | #508 |
| 2007 | 86 | #497 |
| 2006 | 50 | #695 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 34 | #866 |
| 2003 | 41 | #733 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Hiba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Hiba, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Hiba in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hiba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 94 | #2,062 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,445 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,349 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
Names like Hiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Zainab Huda Ayah Aaliyah Rahma Halima Amira Khadija Hawa Abeeha
Other spellings of Hiba
Names related to Hiba
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, “Hiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hiba, updated 20 October 2026.