Raneem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-NEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Raneem is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “melody, sweet singing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Raneem mean?
Arabic: Arabic ranim
“melody, sweet singing”
Is Raneem a girl's or a boy's name?
Raneem is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raneem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Raneem, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raneem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Raneem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Raneem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Raneem, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had more girls named Raneem than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Raneem in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raneem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Raneem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Hiba, Reem, Ruqayyah, Safaa, Sumayyah, Huda
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Raneem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raneem, updated 20 October 2026.