Shoaib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shu-AIB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Shoaib is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Shoaib mean?
Arabic: spelling of Shu'ayb
Shu'ayb is a prophet in the Qur'an sent to the people of Midian, often identified with Moses's father-in-law Jethro.
Is Shoaib a girl's or a boy's name?
Shoaib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shoaib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Shoaib, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 95 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shoaib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Shoaib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 28 | #895 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 35 | #686 |
| 2002 | 48 | #505 |
| 2001 | 35 | #603 |
| 2000 | 70 | #379 |
| 1999 | 95 | #322 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Shoaib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Shoaib, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer boys named Shoaib than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Shoaib in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shoaib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Shoaib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Sahib Saif Umar Ahmed Musab Zayaan Suhaib Musa Zayan Abdullah
Names related to Shoaib
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Shoaib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shoaib, updated 20 October 2026.