Shuaib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shoo-AYB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Shuaib is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Shuaib mean?
Arabic: Arabic Shu'ayb
Shu'ayb is a prophet in the Qur'an sent to the people of Midian, often identified with Jethro.
Is Shuaib a girl's or a boy's name?
Shuaib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shuaib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Shuaib, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shuaib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Shuaib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 28 | #683 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Shuaib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 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, 14 boys in the US were named Shuaib, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Shuaib in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shuaib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Shuaib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Sahib Musab Saif Ahmed Zayaan Musa Suhaib Abdullah Zayan Zayd
Names related to Shuaib
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, “Shuaib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shuaib, updated 20 October 2026.