Haim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYE-im
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Haim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Haim mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Chaim, from chayim
“life”
From the Hebrew word for life, as in the toast l'chaim, 'to life'.
Is Haim a girl's or a boy's name?
Haim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Haim, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Haim in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Haim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Hamza, Zahir, Salem, Ibrahim, Zayd, Muhammad, Khaza, Zayan, Azir, Ahmir
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haim, updated 20 October 2026.