Zaim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- za-EEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Zaim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leader, chief”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Zaim mean?
Arabic: spelling of Za'im
“leader, chief”
A spelling of Za'im, the usual modern Arabic word for a leader or chief.
Is Zaim a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 173% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Zaim, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zaim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Zaim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Zaim 15
- Zaeem 13
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Zaim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Zaim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Zaim, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Zaim than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Zaim in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zaim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Zaim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Muhammad Zayd Zayan Hamza Musa Zayyan Abdullah Umar Ahmed Ziyad Arham
Other spellings of Zaim
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, “Zaim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaim, updated 20 October 2026.