Habiba

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Habiba: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #634 in 2005, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#634highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#789
1998	#817
1999	#752
2000	#748
2001	#696
2002	#702
2003	#731
2004	#676
2005	#634
2006	#770
2007	#822
2008	#804
2009	#1004
2010	#801
2011	#877
2012	#902
2013	#1291
2014	#1094
2015	#1057
2016	#994
2017	#1105
2018	#1083
2019	#1189
2020	#1100
2021	#1454
2022	#1142
2023	#1525
2024	#1353

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 · Girls

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

In 2003: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #731 among girls 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 #848 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #634 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Habiba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Habiba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	112	4 of 10	28
2000sbusiest	387	10 of 10	39
2010s	345	10 of 10	35
2020s	124	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Habiba 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: #634 in England and Wales in 2005.

Habiba'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	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#994	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1291	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#902	41	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#877	41	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1004	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#804	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#822	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#770	40	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#634	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#676	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#731	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#702	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#696	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#748	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#789	29	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	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 #634, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

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Habibah · #942, 29y
Hadassa · #873, 21y

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.

Dania · #634, 30y
Alliyah · #635, 24y
Dev · #631, 30y
Vincenzo · #637, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dania · #634, 30y
Santana · #634, 23y
Alliyah · #635, 24y
Aniela · #635, 26y

Habiba was ranked #634 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. 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.

Habiba 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 Habiba without appearing here.

Habiba moved ahead of

Sandra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1525 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #2771.
Sofie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1525 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #2574.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1454 and #2499.
Alison Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1454 and #1402 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1142 and #1948.

Moved ahead of Habiba

Mari Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1142 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #921.
Rita Compare
In 2012 they stood at #902 and #916 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1291 and #699.
Clodagh Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1142 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #1135.
Ezra Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1142 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #1135.

Moved the opposite way to Habiba

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Habiba

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Habiba went from #848 to #1353 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #634 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Habiba

Habiba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Habiba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Habiba at a glance

Habiba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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