Across the world, ראתב (Rateb 
, ראתב 
) is quite a rare masculine given name. The first name ראתב is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a common male name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan. Also, ראתב is the last name as well as the forename.