Joaquim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zhoo-a-KEEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Joaquim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will establish”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Joaquim mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese and Catalan form of Joachim
“God will establish”
Christian tradition names Joachim as the father of the Virgin Mary.
Is Joaquim a girl's or a boy's name?
Joaquim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joaquim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Joaquim, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Joaquim than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Joaquim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Joaquim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Joaquim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Joaquim, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Joaquim than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Joaquim in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joaquim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Nicknames for Joaquim
- Quim
Names like Joaquim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Josiah, Elias, Jonah, Tobias, Jude, Ezra, Matteo, Noah, Gabriel, Isaiah, Luca
Names related to Joaquim
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana, Joseph
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, “Joaquim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joaquim, updated 20 October 2026.