Given name

Aqib

Aqib is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Aqib isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Aqib through the years

Babies since 1880
205
205 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2014
11 babies
2025
7
#9,787 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−17%
Easing
024620002025Highest share 20144.1
Aqib in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1992–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,787 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 270 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Aqib, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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>99% boys

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23RareCooling

>99% boys

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“child of the beginning”

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>99% boys

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Basim

“a smiling man”

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>99% boys

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Adith

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

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Jayvier

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

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Yassiel

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Aqib’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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