Zuhaib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zoo-HAYB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Zuhaib is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Zuhaib come from?
Arabic: variant of Zohaib, probably from dhahab 'gold'
Is Zuhaib a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuhaib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuhaib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zuhaib, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Zuhaib than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zuhaib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Zuhaib or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Zohaib 23
- Zuhaib 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zuhaib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Zuhaib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Ahmed Suhaib Fahad Zahir Habib Musab Haseeb Zaim Saif Ziyad Zayed
Other spellings of Zuhaib
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Zuhaib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuhaib, updated 20 October 2026.