Kadeem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-DEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Kadeem is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
Where does Kadeem come from?
Arabic: probably from Arabic qadim
Is Kadeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadeem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kadeem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kadeem, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 boys.
2025 had more boys named Kadeem than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Kadeem in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Kadeem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Kadeem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Kadeem, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 391 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more boys named Kadeem than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kadeem in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kadeem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 127 | #980 |
| 1994 | 165 | #826 |
| 1993 | 184 | #774 |
| 1992 | 309 | #578 |
| 1991 | 391 | #498 |
| 1990 | 342 | #535 |
| 1989 | 196 | #698 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
Names like Kadeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raheem Muhammad Hamza Hakeem Ahmed Azeem Khalid Abdullah Umar Mustafa Fahad Amir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Kadeem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadeem, updated 20 October 2026.