Dahab
Torn between Dahab and another name? Compare them side by side →
Meaning
possibly from Arabic dahab, "gold", also the name of a town in Egypt
How popular is Dahab around the world?
Dahab does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick. In Austria, 5 girls named Dahab were born in 2025, the 742nd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
Dahab is on the official records of Austria, Canada, England and Wales and Spain.
United States
under 5 a year
Dahab does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Austria
1 in 15,000
In Austria, 5 girls named Dahab were born in 2025, the 742nd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Canada
1 in 61,000
In Canada, 6 girls named Dahab were born in 2024, ranked 3,027th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 98,000
In England and Wales, 6 girls named Dahab were born in 2025, ranked 3,705th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Spain
1 in 380,000
In Spain, 117 residents are named Dahab, ranked 6,858th among women, with a mean age of 13 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on 12 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
What do you think of Dahab?
Be the first: parents, people who carry it, friends of one.
The Dahab deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Dahab truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Dahab fits with your family’s names and surname.
Does Dahab fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Dahab to your nametree →