Mohab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moh-HAB
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Mohab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “revered, held in awe”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Mohab mean?
Arabic: from Arabic Muhab
“revered, held in awe”
Used especially in Egypt, it comes from the Arabic root for awe and dignity.
Is Mohab a girl's or a boy's name?
Mohab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mohab in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys.
Mohab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
How popular is Mohab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Mohab, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Mohab in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mohab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Mohab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musab Musa Zayaan Zayan Zayd Hamza Mustafa Abdullah Umar Azaan Zayyan
Names related to Mohab
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Mohab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mohab, updated 20 October 2026.