Taheem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-HEEM
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Taheem is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Taheem come from?
Modern: Ta- combined with the ending of Raheem
Is Taheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Taheem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taheem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Taheem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taheem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Taheem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Taheem, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Taheem than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Taheem in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Taheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Raheem Zayd Zayaan Mustafa Umar Zayan
Names related to Taheem
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Taheem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taheem, updated 20 October 2026.