Given name & surname

Habil

Habil is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Habil 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 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Habil through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2013
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20130.0
Habil in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

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

Habil’s family of names

In Turkish usage, Habil has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Abel. In Turkish usage, Habil has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Avel. In Turkish usage, Habil has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form AABEL.

Walk Habil’s family in the name graph

HabilAbelAvelAbeleAabelАвельアベルهابیل亚伯هَابِيل

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Habil has relatives in 19 languages.

Serbo-CroatianPersianChineseJapanese

13 related names in 19 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Similar names

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

Modern

Aamil

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sanskrit · Modern

Hariharan

Hariharan is a surname from Tamil, ultimately from Sanskrit.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Yetziel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Hanz

“God is gracious”

13Very rareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Abrien

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Aqib

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Adharsh

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Hinson

Hinson is a surname.

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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