Haleem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hah-LEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Haleem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle and forbearing”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Haleem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Halim, 'gentle'
“gentle and forbearing”
From Arabic halim, meaning gentle and forbearing; Al-Halim, the Forbearing, is one of the names of God.
Is Haleem a girl's or a boy's name?
Haleem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haleem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haleem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haleem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Haleem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Haleem, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Haleem in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haleem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
Names like Haleem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Raheem Hakeem Abdullah Musa Umar Zayaan Azeem Zayd Huzaifa
Names related to Haleem
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Haleem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haleem, updated 20 October 2026.