Shuaib
A masculine Arabic name meaning "one who is granted abundant blessings".
Name Census estimates that about 315 living Americans carry the first name Shuaib. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Shuaib today is around 15 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Shuaib births was 2024 (20 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Shuaib. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Shuaib with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
315
~ 1 in 1,088,109 Americans
Peak year
2024
20 babies that year
Average age
15
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,009
Tracked since 1974
Census
Shuaib in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 412 people with the first name Shuaib, which placed it at #23,670 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#23,670
National first-name rank
People counted
412
412 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
48.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Shuaib
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Shuaib is Black at 48.5%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (36.2%) and White (8.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Shuaib described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Shuaib at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American48.5% · 200
- Asian and Pacific Islander36.2% · 149
- White8.7% · 36
- Two or more races3.9% · 16
- Hispanic or Latino1.9% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 3
Popularity
Shuaib: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Shuaib from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 125 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Shuaib remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Shuaib by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Shuaib during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Shuaibs live
Origin
Meaning and history of Shuaib
The name Shuaib has its origins in the Arabic language and is derived from the root word "shaʿb," which means "people" or "nation." It is believed to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East region during ancient times.
Shuaib is a prominent name in Islamic tradition and is mentioned in the Quran as the name of a prophet sent to the people of Madyan (Midian). According to the Quranic account, Shuaib preached monotheism and urged his people to abandon their unethical business practices and worship only one God.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Shuaib can be found in the Quran, which is the central religious text of Islam. The name is also present in other ancient and medieval Islamic literature, such as hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) and historical chronicles.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Shuaib. One of the earliest was Shuaib ibn Yazid (726-784 CE), a prominent Muslim scholar and jurist from Basra, Iraq, who made significant contributions to the field of Islamic jurisprudence.
Another historically significant individual with the name Shuaib was Shuaib al-Arna'ut (1928-2017), a renowned Syrian hadith scholar and editor who dedicated his life to the study and preservation of Islamic traditions.
In the realm of literature, Shuaib Sunderji (1884-1934) was a prominent Gujarati poet and writer from India, known for his contributions to the Gujarati language and literature.
Shuaib Qureshi (1865-1935) was an Indian Muslim scholar and politician who played a significant role in the Khilafat Movement, which aimed to preserve the Ottoman Caliphate during the early 20th century.
Shuaib Bin Seairan (590-668 CE) was an early Muslim ascetic and scholar from Basra, known for his piety and wisdom, and is considered one of the prominent figures in the early Islamic tradition.
People
Shuaib + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Shuaib as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Shuaib: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shuaib?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 315 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Shuaib going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,088,109 US residents.
Is Shuaib a common name?
We classify Shuaib as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 319 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Shuaib most popular?
The single biggest year for Shuaib was 2024, when 20 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Shuaib is about 15 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Shuaib in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 412 people with the name Shuaib, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #23,670 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Shuaib in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Shuaib?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Shuaib appears almost entirely male. Of the 410 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Shuaib?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Shuaib is Black at 48.5%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (36.2%) and White (8.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Shuaib most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Shuaib in the 2020 Census, accounting for 48.5% (200 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Shuaib in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Shuaib a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Shuaib in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Shuaib still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Shuaib in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Shuaib can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Shuaib?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.