Halim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hah-LEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Halim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “patient, forbearing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Halim mean?
Arabic
“patient, forbearing”
Al-Halim, 'the Forbearing', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Halim a girl's or a boy's name?
Halim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Halim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Halim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Halim than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Halim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Halim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Halim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Halim, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Halim in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Halim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Halim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Musa, Umar, Zayd, Mustafa, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Raheem
Names related to Halim
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, “Halim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halim, updated 20 October 2026.