Kuba
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOO-ba
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Kuba is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “holder of the heel, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Kuba mean?
Hebrew: Polish and Czech pet form of Jakub (Jacob)
“holder of the heel, supplanter”
A Polish and Czech pet form of Jakub, the local form of Jacob.
Is Kuba a girl's or a boy's name?
Kuba is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kuba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Kuba, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kuba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Kuba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 34 | #985 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 51 | #716 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 36 | #904 |
| 2012 | 42 | #831 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 53 | #657 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Kuba in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kuba in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kuba in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Kuba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Hamza, Mustafa, Muhammad, Rafa, Ibrahim, Ahmed, Huzaifa, Abdullah, Taha, Uzair, Zayd
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Kuba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kuba, updated 20 October 2026.