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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Habib

Beloved; dear friend

Habib means “Beloved; dear friend”.

Origin language
Arabic / Urdu
First letter
H
Historical records
38,490

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Habib mean?

Arabic ḥabīb belongs to the root family for love. Its related feminine personal name is Habiba.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

हबीब

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Habib in Indian usage

38,490 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (91.6%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 3,233 records (8.4%).
  • Recorded as male: 35,257 records (91.6%).

By birth decade

Habib: records by birth decade1930s: 1,4731930s1940s: 3,8631940s1950s: 6,3591950s1960s: 7,9281960s1970s: 7,3781970s1980s: 7,2381980s1990s: 3,9191990sOther decades: 332Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s1,473
1940s3,863
1950s6,359
1960s7,928
1970s7,378
1980s7,238
1990s3,919
Other decades332

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh14,374
Maharashtra4,913
Kerala3,877
Bihar3,736
Rajasthan3,627
Madhya Pradesh3,484
Jharkhand1,681
Andhra Pradesh996
Haryana820
Uttarakhand443
Punjab338
Other states201
How to read these numbers

Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.

Recorded abroad

Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.

JurisdictionSpelling / recorded sexBirthsRank
England & WalesHabib / M161,613

ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.

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Sources

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Habib; Table_6, C1652 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Exact spelling Habib; Table_6, C1652