Hatim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-tim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Hatim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “decisive; judge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Hatim mean?
Arabic: from Arabic hatim
“decisive; judge”
Hatim al-Tai, a pre-Islamic Arabian poet, became proverbial for his generosity.
Is Hatim a girl's or a boy's name?
Hatim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hatim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Hatim, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hatim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 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 2,938th in England and Wales.
Hatim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Hatim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Hatim, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Hatim than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Hatim in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hatim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Hatim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Ibrahim, Ahmed, Musa, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayd, Umar, Zayaan, Hakeem, Raheem
Names related to Hatim
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, “Hatim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hatim, updated 20 October 2026.