Qaim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-eem
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Qaim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “standing firm, upright”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Qaim mean?
Arabic: Arabic qa'im
“standing firm, upright”
In Shia Islam, al-Qa'im ('the one who will rise') is a title of the awaited Twelfth Imam, the Mahdi.
Is Qaim a girl's or a boy's name?
Qaim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qaim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Qaim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Qaim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
Names like Qaim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Umar, Abdullah, Mustafa, Amir, Ahmed, Zayan, Raheem, Zaim
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Qaim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qaim, updated 20 October 2026.