# Habib (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/habib/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “beloved” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 944 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 944 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 513, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic حبيب (“beloved”).

## What it means

Habib is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 4,720 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,758 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,520 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,127 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,603 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,003 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,817 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,275 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,068 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,191 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,262 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,366 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3,587 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,480 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,790 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Habib

- Habib Bamogo, Association football player (born 1982)
- Habib Habibou, football player
- Habib al-Ajami, 8th century Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and traditionalist
- Habib Wahid, Bangladeshi singer, composer
- Habib ibn Muzahir, Companion of Ali
- Habib Fardan, Emirati footballers
- Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri, Arab military commander
- Habib Ali Kiddie, field hockey player (1929–1987)
- Habib Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
- Habib Bey Salimov, Azerbaijani general
- Habib el-Adly, Egyptian politician
- Habib ibn Abi Ubayda al-Fihri, Arab military commander (died 741)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.