Ibaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-BAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Ibaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servants of God, worshippers”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Ibaad mean?
Arabic: plural of 'abd 'servant'
“servants of God, worshippers”
It echoes the Quranic phrase 'ibad al-Rahman, 'servants of the Most Merciful', in Surah al-Furqan.
Is Ibaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ibaad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ibaad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Ibaad, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Ibaad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Ibaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
Names like Ibaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Zayd Abdullah Musa Zayaan Ibrahim Mustafa Zayan Imaad Umar Ziyad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah 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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ibaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ibaad, updated 20 October 2026.