Iqbal
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Iqbal is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Iqbal mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Iqbal a girl's or a boy's name?
Iqbal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iqbal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Iqbal, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Iqbal than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Iqbal in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Iqbal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
Names like Iqbal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faisal, Hassan, Jamal, Usman, Hamza, Bilal, Azeem, Qasim, Asad, Fahad, Saif, Habib
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Iqbal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iqbal, updated 20 October 2026.