Naeemah

Gender: Girl
Say it: nah-EE-mah
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #14,937 for girls

Naeemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bliss, comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Naeemah mean?

Arabic: spelling of Na'imah, from Arabic na'im 'bliss, comfort'

“bliss, comfort”

A spelling of Na'imah, the feminine of Na'im, an Arabic word for bliss and comfort.

Is Naeemah a girl's or a boy's name?

Naeemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Naeemah in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Naeemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 8 in 20022020

Naeemah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2020	4	#4,744
2019	4	#4,904
2018	0	–
2017	3	#5,998
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,951
2014	0	–
2013	3	#6,003
2012	4	#5,058
2011	6	#3,737
2010	0	–
2009	4	#4,795
2008	4	#4,742
2007	8	#2,790
2006	4	#4,357
2005	6	#3,133
2004	4	#3,916
2003	4	#3,768
2002	8	#2,231
2001	5	#2,928
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	4	#3,310
1997	5	#2,896
1996	5	#2,815

How popular is Naeemah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 14,937th among girls
Babies in 2025: 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Naeemah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Naeemah in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 23 in 19742025

Naeemah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	5	#14,937
2024	0	–
2023	5	#15,188
2022	0	–
2021	7	#12,201
2020	6	#13,448
2019	11	#9,106
2018	15	#7,405
2017	15	#7,438
2016	8	#11,776
2015	13	#8,443
2014	10	#10,124
2013	9	#10,995
2012	13	#8,628
2011	18	#6,852
2010	10	#10,446
2009	16	#7,676
2008	13	#8,961
2007	16	#7,729
2006	19	#6,590
2005	13	#8,325
2004	7	#12,754
2003	5	#15,777
2002	7	#12,181
2001	10	#9,344
2000	8	#10,738
1999	10	#8,798
1998	14	#6,714
1997	14	#6,478
1996	14	#6,387
1995	16	#5,672
1994	10	#8,116
1993	16	#5,667
1992	13	#6,645
1991	11	#7,423
1990	10	#7,874
1989	12	#6,525
1988	8	#8,386
1987	6	#9,820
1986	6	#9,540
1985	12	#5,676
1984	11	#5,898
1983	16	#4,475
1982	16	#4,526
1981	23	#3,532
1980	17	#4,326
1979	19	#3,902
1978	9	#6,384
1977	12	#5,212
1976	18	#3,677
1975	19	#3,513
1974	23	#3,008
1973	10	#5,189
1972	11	#4,792
1971	12	#4,532

Names like Naeemah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Farah, Sumayyah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Safa, Aaminah, Safiya, Hibah, Summer, Aakifah

Names related to Naeemah

Naimah, Neema, Naeema, Naamah, Namiah, Nyeema, Nyemah

More Arabic names

Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza

Every Arabic name

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, “Naeemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naeemah, updated 20 October 2026.