Tahmid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-MEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Tahmid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praising God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Tahmid mean?
Arabic
“praising God”
Tahmid is the term for praising God with the phrase al-hamdu lillah, 'praise be to God'.
Is Tahmid a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahmid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahmid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Tahmid, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tahmid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Tahmid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 24 | #900 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Tahmid in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Tahmid in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahmid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Tahmid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Fahad, Zayd, Abdullah, Khalid, Hamid, Hammad, Ziyad, Umar, Ahad
Names related to Tahmid
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, “Tahmid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahmid, updated 20 October 2026.