Hameed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-MEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Hameed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Hameed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hamid
“praiseworthy”
Al-Hamid, 'the Praiseworthy', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Hameed a girl's or a boy's name?
Hameed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hameed in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hameed in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Hameed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Hameed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Hameed, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Hameed than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Hameed in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hameed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
Names like Hameed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Hammad Fahad Abdullah Zayd Umar Hamid Fareed Musa Mustafa
Names related to Hameed
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, “Hameed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hameed, updated 20 October 2026.