Hashem
Boy · HAH-shem · Arabic
Hashem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “crusher, breaker of bread”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Hashem mean?
Arabic: form of Hashim
“crusher, breaker of bread”
Hashim, great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad, gave his name to the Hashemites; in Hebrew HaShem, 'the Name', refers to God.
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- HAH-shem
Is Hashem a girl's or a boy's name?
Hashem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hashem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Hashem, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hashem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Hashem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Hashem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Hashem, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Hashem in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hashem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Hashem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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