Shoaib
Shoaib a name of Arabic origin derived from the name Shuaib. It is most prevalent in Pakistan.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Shoaib
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shoaib a name of Arabic origin derived from the name Shuaib. It is most prevalent in Pakistan.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Shoaib
American parents first put Shoaib on the record books as a baby boy name in 1983, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 14 Shoaibs were born — ranking #5,269 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Shoaibs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 210 Shoaibs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shoaib
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About the name Shoaib
Shoaib is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 210 births in the dataset. Shoaib's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #5,269. Use the chart and map above to compare Shoaib'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 .
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