Sohaib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soh-HAYB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Sohaib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “reddish-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Sohaib mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Suhayb
“reddish-haired”
Suhayb ar-Rumi, 'the Roman', was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad who had grown up in Byzantine lands.
Is Sohaib a girl's or a boy's name?
Sohaib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sohaib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Sohaib, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 24 boys.
2025 had more boys named Sohaib than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sohaib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Sohaib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 24 | #755 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Sohaib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Sohaib, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Sohaib in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sohaib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Sohaib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Suhaib Ahmed Saif Zohaib Abdullah Sahib Musab Fahad Umar Habib
Names related to Sohaib
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, “Sohaib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sohaib, updated 20 October 2026.