Talib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-lib
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Talib is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “seeker, student”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Talib mean?
Arabic: from Arabic talib
“seeker, student”
Abu Talib, uncle and protector of the Prophet Muhammad, was the father of Ali.
Is Talib a girl's or a boy's name?
Talib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talib in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 boys.
Talib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Talib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Talib, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Talib than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Talib in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 42 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
Names like Talib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Mustafa, Musa, Habib, Khalid, Sahib, Amir, Zayd
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Talib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talib, updated 20 October 2026.