Nadeem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-DEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Nadeem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion; confidant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Nadeem mean?
Arabic: Arabic nadim
“companion; confidant”
At classical Arab courts a nadim was a ruler's cultured companion, prized for conversation and poetry.
Is Nadeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadeem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadeem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Nadeem, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 37 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nadeem in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Nadeem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 37 | #520 |
How popular is Nadeem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Nadeem, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer boys named Nadeem than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nadeem in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadeem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Nadeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Raheem, Ahmed, Abdullah, Azeem, Hakeem, Umar, Mustafa, Fahad, Musa, Naeem
Names related to Nadeem
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, “Nadeem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadeem, updated 20 October 2026.