Hiba

What Hiba means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Hiba yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1981, with 11 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Hiba?

US: Rising: up from #2890 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 94 girls got the name (#2062 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 18,909 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,563 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.14 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.13 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.12 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hiba is #2173 in the US and #281 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hiba were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Heba20 US · 13 E&W
• Hibah5 US · 20 E&W
• Haby8 US
• Hibba0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hiba

Girls

• Tatum#189Editor’s note Used for both: 49% of US babies named Tatum in 2025 were girls
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hiba’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.