Tasneem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tas-NEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Tasneem is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “a spring in Paradise”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Tasneem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Tasnim
“a spring in Paradise”
Tasnim is named in the Quran, in Surah al-Mutaffifin, as a fountain of Paradise.
Is Tasneem a girl's or a boy's name?
Tasneem is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tasneem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Tasneem, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tasneem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were given Tasneem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #667, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
- Tasnim 29
- Tasneem 27
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Tasneem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 37 | #1,024 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 30 | #1,127 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 46 | #690 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 37 | #733 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Tasneem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Tasneem, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had more girls named Tasneem than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Tasneem in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Tasneem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #2,368 for this spelling alone.
- Tasneem 76
- Tasnim 39
Tasneem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,510 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,275 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Tasneem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Reem, Safaa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Huda
Other spellings of Tasneem
Names related to Tasneem
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, “Tasneem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tasneem, updated 20 October 2026.