Ehab
Ehab is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Ehab
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ehab is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Ehab
Ehab first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 18 births, good for #3,500 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Ehabs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (10 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 459 Ehabs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ehab
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About the name Ehab
Ehab is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 459 births in the dataset. Ehab's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #3,500. Use the chart and map above to compare Ehab's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.