Nadim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-DEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Nadim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion, confidant”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Nadim mean?
Arabic
“companion, confidant”
At classical Arabic courts, a nadim was a ruler's trusted companion in conversation.
Is Nadim a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadim in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nadim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nadim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Nadim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Nadim, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Nadim than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nadim in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Nadim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Ibrahim Qasim Umar Raheem Musa Mustafa Fahad Salim
Names related to Nadim
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, “Nadim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadim, updated 20 October 2026.