Shihab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shi-HAHB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Shihab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shooting star, flame”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Shihab mean?
Arabic: Arabic shihab
“shooting star, flame”
Shihab al-Din, 'flame of the faith', was a common honorific among medieval Muslim scholars and rulers.
Is Shihab a girl's or a boy's name?
Shihab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shihab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Shihab, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shihab than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shihab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Shihab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
Names like Shihab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Hassan, Saif, Suhaib, Habib, Samir, Rabab, Zohaib, Fahad, Haseeb, Saeed, Musab
Names related to Shihab
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) 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, “Shihab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shihab, updated 20 October 2026.