Sahiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-hi-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Sahiba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lady, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Sahiba mean?
Arabic: feminine of sahib, used in Urdu and Punjabi
“lady, companion”
Sahiban is the heroine of Mirza Sahiban, one of the great tragic romances of Punjabi folklore.
Is Sahiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahiba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahiba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Sahiba, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sahiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Sahiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Sahiba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Sahiba, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had the most girls named Sahiba of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Sahiba in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahiba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Sahiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Safiya, Sumayyah, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Halima, Aaliyah, Safaa, Sabiha, Habiba
Names related to Sahiba
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, 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), 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, “Sahiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahiba, updated 20 October 2026.