Raqeeb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-KEEB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Raqeeb is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “watchful; guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Raqeeb mean?
Arabic: spelling of Raqib
“watchful; guardian”
Ar-Raqib, 'the Watchful', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Raqeeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Raqeeb 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 Raqeeb in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Raqeeb, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raqeeb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Raqeeb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Names like Raqeeb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Haseeb, Rabab, Raheem, Habib, Musab, Muhammad, Zayyan, Zohaib, Suhaib, Sahib, Zahir, Abdur
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Raqeeb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raqeeb, updated 20 October 2026.