Rabaab
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ra-BAAB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
New arrivalUnisex
Rabaab is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “white cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Rabaab mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rabab
“white cloud”
Rabab bint Imra al-Qays, a wife of Husayn ibn Ali, is revered in Shia tradition as the mother of Sakina.
Meaning borrowed from Rabab.
Is Rabaab a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rabaab has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Rabaab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rabaab, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 girls. 9 boys were also named Rabaab in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Rabaab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Rabab 34
- Rabaab 9
In 2025, 50% of the babies named Rabaab in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Rabaab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
How popular is Rabaab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Rabaab, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2022. 5 boys were also named Rabaab in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Rabaab in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
Names like Rabaab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Ayah Zainab Rehmat Hiba Hafsa Nusaybah Ruqayyah Reem Rahaf Abeeha
Other spellings of Rabaab
Names related to Rabaab
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), 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, “Rabaab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rabaab, updated 20 October 2026.