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Taim

Boy · TAYM · Arabic

Taim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant, devotee”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).

What does Taim mean?

Arabic: spelling of Taym

“servant, devotee”

Banu Taym was the clan of the Quraysh tribe to which Abu Bakr, the first caliph, belonged.

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Is Taim a girl's or a boy's name?

Taim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Taim in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,423among boys
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 15,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Taim, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Taim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Taim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 24 in 20222025
Taim in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202520#1,423
202420#1,397
202316#1,643
202224#1,229
202119#1,422
202012#1,923
201916#1,608
201819#1,416
201723#1,253
201614#1,804
201513#1,888
20143#4,829
20137#2,792
20120–
20117#2,736
20103#4,865
20093#4,691
20083#4,615

How popular is Taim in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,258among boys
Babies in 2025
62about 1 in 28,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Taim, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.

2025 had more boys named Taim than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Taim in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 84 boys in the US were given Taim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,634, up from #2,258 for this spelling alone.

2008Busiest: 64 in 20182025
Taim in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202562#2,258
202449#2,674
202349#2,659
202258#2,407
202149#2,622
202040#2,924
201942#2,896
201864#2,166
201762#2,169
201643#2,782
201543#2,765
201430#3,530
201316#5,400
201218#5,030
201111#7,002
201011#7,081
20099#8,305
20087#9,864

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