Fun Facts About the Name Heba
- More than 1 thousand babies named Heba: U.S. records list 1,403 babies given the name Heba from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Heba Mean?
Heba is an Arabic feminine name meaning "gift" or "grant." It comes from the Arabic root w-h-b, which appears in the verb wahaba ("to give, to grant") and the noun hibah ("a gift" - especially one given freely, with nothing expected in return). The same root supplies the divine name al-Wahhāb, "the Bestower," and the male names Wahb, Wahib, and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb; Heba is a separate feminine form, not a shortening of those names.
The usual English transliterations include Hiba, Hibah, and Hibba. Arabic Heba is not related to the Greek name Hebe, borne by the goddess of youth, despite the closeness of sound and spelling.
Heba Name History & Origins
The word hibah has a long life in Arabic both as an everyday noun and as a legal term: in Islamic law a hibah is a voluntary transfer of property made without an exchange, a subject treated in classical works of jurisprudence. That legal and religious weight sits behind the name, whose meaning is the ordinary word for a gift rather than the name of a person or a figure in scripture.
Related naming forms are old and well attested. The compound Hibat Allāh, "gift of God," appears in medieval Arabic biographical records for both men and women, and the male names Wahb and Wahib share the same root. The simple feminine Heba or Hiba is used across the Arabic-speaking world - Egypt, the Levant, Iraq, and North Africa among them - and was carried by Arabic-speaking communities to other regions. In Turkish it is usually written Hiba or Hibe. In Egypt in particular the name is given by both Muslims and Christians, since it rests on the Arabic vocabulary of giving rather than on a religious narrative.
How Popular is the Name Heba?
Heba has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #2,884 in 1992.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,991 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #5,487 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #4,916 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #5,523 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2021 | #4,189 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,938 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #4,288 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #4,396 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,732 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #4,288 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #4,769 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #4,697 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #5,062 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #4,761 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #4,097 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #3,986 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #3,762 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #4,213 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #3,299 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #3,429 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #3,536 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #3,654 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2003 | #3,149 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2002 | #3,293 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2001 | #3,162 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2000 | #3,232 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,268 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #3,677 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #3,250 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #2,981 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1995 | #3,379 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #3,474 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1993 | #3,013 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #2,884 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #3,473 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1990 | #3,654 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #3,712 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #5,702 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #4,029 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #5,039 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #5,781 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #6,996 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #4,167 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #7,642 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #6,980 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #5,022 | 13 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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