Hiba
Hiba is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Hiba
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hiba 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 Hiba
American parents first put Hiba on the record books as a baby girl name in 1981, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 94 Hibas were born — ranking #2,061 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 29% of all recorded Hibas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,068 among baby girl names with 94 births, rising sharply (+52% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Hibas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hiba
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About the name Hiba
Hiba is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Hiba's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #2,061. Use the chart and map above to compare Hiba'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.