Ibtisam
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ib-ti-SAAM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Ibtisam is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smile, smiling”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Ibtisam mean?
Arabic: Arabic ibtisam
“smile, smiling”
Is Ibtisam a girl's or a boy's name?
Ibtisam is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ibtisam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ibtisam, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ibtisam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 75% of the babies named Ibtisam in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ibtisam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Ibtisam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Ibtisam, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Ibtisam in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ibtisam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Ibtisam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Hafsa Safiya Ayah Ilham Hiba
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, “Ibtisam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ibtisam, updated 20 October 2026.