Suhayb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-HAYB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Suhayb is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “of reddish-fair colouring”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Suhayb mean?
Arabic: diminutive form linked with ashab 'reddish-fair'
“of reddish-fair colouring”
Suhayb ar-Rumi was a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad who grew up in Byzantine lands.
Is Suhayb a girl's or a boy's name?
Suhayb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suhayb in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Suhayb, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Suhayb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Suhayb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Suhaib 14
- Suhayb 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Suhayb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Suhayb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Suhayb, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer boys named Suhayb than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Suhayb in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suhayb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
Names like Suhayb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Musab Musa Zayd Ahmed Sahib Abdullah Saif Umar
Other spellings of Suhayb
Names related to Suhayb
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, “Suhayb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suhayb, updated 20 October 2026.