Given name & surname
Heba
“a gift from God”
Heba is a variant of Hiba. One Arabic interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heba is a variant of Hiba. One Arabic interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Heba is a variant of Hiba. An origin associated with Hiba is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,403
- 0 boys · 1,403 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,991 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,991 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 2007. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,685 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.
Heba’s family of names
Heba has a related form in Hiba. In Bengali usage, Heba is a Roman-alphabet rendering of হেবা.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Heba
- Hiba Abu NadaPalestinian poet and novelist1991–2023
- Heba HefnyEgyptian judokaborn 1972
- Heba SelimEgyptian spy1947–1974
- Heba SaadiaPalestinian football refereeborn 1989
- Heba El TorkyEgyptian squash playerborn 1991
- Heba YazbakIsraeli politicianborn 1985
- Heba AhmedEgyptian rowerborn 1985
- Heba AllejjiSyrian table tennis playerborn 1997
- Heba El-SisyEgyptian modelborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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