Nayib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-YEEB
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Nayib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble, distinguished”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Nayib mean?
Arabic: Latin American spelling of Najib
“noble, distinguished”
The Spanish spelling reflects Arabic names brought to Latin America by Palestinian and Lebanese immigrant families.
Is Nayib a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Nayib, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Nayib than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nayib in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Nayib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Hamza Muhammad Zayd Musa Musab Zamir Ahmir Nazir Abdullah Ahmad Nasir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nayib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayib, updated 20 October 2026.