Kaleem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-LEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Kaleem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who speaks, speaker”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Kaleem mean?
Arabic
“one who speaks, speaker”
Kalim Allah, 'the one who spoke with God', is an Islamic title of the prophet Moses (Musa).
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaleem a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Kaleem, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 23 boys.
2025 had more boys named Kaleem than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kaleem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Kaleem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Kaleem 15
- Kalim 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Kaleem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Kaleem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Kaleem, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Kaleem in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaleem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Kaleem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Raheem Abdullah Khalid Azeem Umar Hakeem Musa Mustafa Hassan
Other spellings of Kaleem
Names related to Kaleem
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, “Kaleem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleem, updated 20 October 2026.