Naheem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-HEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Naheem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bliss, comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Naheem mean?
Arabic: probably a variant of Naeem
“bliss, comfort”
Is Naheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Naheem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naheem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 boys.
Naheem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Naheem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Naheem, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Naheem in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Naheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Raheem, Ahmed, Abdullah, Musa, Umar, Zayd, Azeem, Hakeem, Zayaan, Mustafa
Names related to Naheem
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, “Naheem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naheem, updated 20 October 2026.