Hibah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEE-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Hibah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Hibah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hiba
“gift”
In Islamic law hiba is the term for a gift given freely during the giver's lifetime.
Is Hibah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hibah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hibah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Hibah, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hibah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Hibah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 35 | #915 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 41 | #733 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Hibah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Hibah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Hibah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hibah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Names like Hibah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Farah Hafsa Ayah Sumayyah Ruqayyah Huda Aaminah Samah Safaa
Names related to Hibah
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, “Hibah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hibah, updated 20 October 2026.