Wahab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wah-HAHB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Wahab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “giver, bestower”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Wahab mean?
Arabic: Arabic wahhab
“giver, bestower”
Al-Wahhab, 'the Bestower', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam; the full name is often Abdul Wahab.
Is Wahab a girl's or a boy's name?
Wahab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wahab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Wahab, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wahab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Wahab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Wahab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Musab, Abdullah, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Mustafa, Zayd, Rabab, Sahib, Azaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wahab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wahab, updated 20 October 2026.