Khabib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kha-BEEB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Khabib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Khabib mean?
Arabic: Russian-style spelling of Habib
“beloved”
Form of Habib used in Dagestan and Central Asia, made famous by the UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Is Khabib a girl's or a boy's name?
Khabib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khabib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Khabib, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Khabib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
Names like Khabib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Musa, Zayaan, Amir, Umar, Khalid, Musab, Sahib, Mustafa, Zayan, Huzaifa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, 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) 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, “Khabib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khabib, updated 20 October 2026.