Habib

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Habib: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Habib: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #629 in 2007, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#809
1998	#887
1999	#869
2000	#1002
2001	#686
2002	#805
2003	#1011
2004	#938
2005	#872
2006	#1168
2007	#1169
2008	#1343
2009	#1099
2010	#1241
2011	#1342
2012	#1669
2013	#1462
2014	#1721
2015	#1380
2016	#1704
2017	#2052
2018	#1786
2019	#1316
2020	#1825
2021	#1516
2022	#2755
2023	#1533
2024	#1595

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2007: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1169 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1104 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Habib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Habib in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	208	10 of 10	21
2010s	156	10 of 10	16
2020s	67	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Habib appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Habib's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1169	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#938	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Habeeb · #701, 26y
Habeebah · #1722, 26y
Habiba · #634, 29y
Habibah · #942, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Christabel · #629, 29y
Kalen · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Habib was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Habib and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Habib without appearing here.

Habib moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #3523.
Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2546.

Moved ahead of Habib

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #967.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1224.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #2018.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #1086.

Moved the opposite way to Habib

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Habib

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Habib went from #1104 to #1595 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Habib

Habib at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Habib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Habib at a glance

Habib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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