# Labib (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/labib/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “sensible”, “reasonable” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَبِيب (labīb, literally “sensible, reasonable”); this surname is predominantly found in Egypt.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 10,590 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,427 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,521 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,546 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,193 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,729 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,300 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,376 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,280 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,518 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,580 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,322 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,293 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,112 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.