Shuayb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shoo-AYB
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Shuayb is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Shuayb mean?
Arabic: spelling of Shu'ayb
Shu'ayb is a prophet sent to the people of Midian in the Quran, often identified with the biblical Jethro.
Is Shuayb a girl's or a boy's name?
Shuayb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shuayb in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shuayb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shuayb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shuayb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Shuayb, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Shuayb of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Shuayb in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shuayb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Shuayb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Sahib Musab Musa Zayd Ahmed Abdullah Umar Rayyan
Names related to Shuayb
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, “Shuayb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shuayb, updated 20 October 2026.