Reem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #545 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,534 for girls
Reem is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “white gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 545th for girls in the UK (79 babies) and 1,534th for girls in the US (138 babies).
What does Reem mean?
Arabic
“white gazelle”
From the Arabic rim, the slender white gazelle, a classic image of beauty in Arabic poetry.
Is Reem a girl's or a boy's name?
Reem is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 girls in the UK and 138 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 112% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the UK were named Reem, making it the 545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 89 girls.
Half of all the girls named Reem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Reem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #545 |
| 2024 | 89 | #500 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 45 | #847 |
| 2021 | 37 | #1,011 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Reem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,534among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 138about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were named Reem, making it the 1,534th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 177 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Reem in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 girls in the US were given Reem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,321, up from #1,534 for this spelling alone.
- Reem 138
- Rim 5
Reem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | #1,534 |
| 2024 | 177 | #1,302 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,636 |
| 2022 | 142 | #1,518 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2018 | 130 | #1,633 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,770 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,929 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,758 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,892 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,851 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,851 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Reem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Rahma Ruqayyah Ayah Hiba Hafsa Safiya Sumayyah Safaa Huda
Other spellings of Reem
Rim
Names related to Reem
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, “Reem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reem, updated 20 October 2026.