Hatem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-tem
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Hatem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “judge, decisive”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Hatem mean?
Arabic: variant of Hatim
“judge, decisive”
Hatim al-Tai was a pre-Islamic Arab poet remembered for legendary generosity.
Is Hatem a girl's or a boy's name?
Hatem 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 Hatem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Hatem, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Hatem in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hatem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Names like Hatem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Zahir, Zayd, Zayan, Muhammad, Musa, Salem, Ahmir, Zamir, Arham, Amir, Hakeem
Names related to Hatem
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hatem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hatem, updated 20 October 2026.