Tameem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-MEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Tameem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “complete, perfect, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Tameem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Tamim
“complete, perfect, strong”
Banu Tamim is one of the largest Arab tribes, prominent in central Arabia since before Islam.
Is Tameem a girl's or a boy's name?
Tameem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tameem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Tameem, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tameem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. 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.
Tameem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tameem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Tameem, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Tameem than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tameem in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tameem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
Names like Tameem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Zayaan Zayan Zayd Abdullah Ahmed Umar Raheem Arham Mustafa
Names related to Tameem
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, “Tameem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tameem, updated 20 October 2026.