Haleema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #710 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Haleema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, patient”. In 2025 it ranked 710th for girls in the UK (57 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Haleema mean?
Arabic: spelling of Halima
“gentle, patient”
Spelling of Halima; Halimah al-Sadiyah was the Prophet Muhammad's foster mother.
Is Haleema a girl's or a boy's name?
Haleema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haleema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 710th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57 about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the UK were named Haleema, making it the 710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 502nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 118 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Haleema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 230 girls in the UK were given Haleema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #232, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Haleema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #710 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 64 | #658 |
| 2020 | 88 | #502 |
| 2019 | 55 | #760 |
| 2018 | 58 | #744 |
| 2017 | 81 | #585 |
| 2016 | 102 | #470 |
| 2015 | 84 | #559 |
| 2014 | 97 | #491 |
| 2013 | 118 | #404 |
| 2012 | 118 | #430 |
| 2011 | 116 | #429 |
| 2010 | 86 | #525 |
| 2009 | 113 | #423 |
| 2008 | 99 | #464 |
| 2007 | 96 | #460 |
| 2006 | 89 | #482 |
| 2005 | 81 | #490 |
| 2004 | 85 | #459 |
| 2003 | 77 | #480 |
| 2002 | 74 | #471 |
| 2001 | 74 | #456 |
| 2000 | 80 | #436 |
| 1999 | 100 | #364 |
| 1998 | 87 | #408 |
| 1997 | 85 | #422 |
| 1996 | 76 | #440 |
How popular is Haleema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Haleema, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Haleema in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were given Haleema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,293, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Haleema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
Names like Haleema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Humaira, Abeeha, Rahma, Aaliyah, Huda, Habiba, Safiya, Zainab, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Haleema
Names related to Haleema
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Haleema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haleema, updated 20 October 2026.