Tameem

Tameem was the #6,446 boys' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Tameem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tameem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Tameem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,446 (13)#3,256 (6)#3,153 (5)
2024#4,890 (20)#2,264 (10)#3,072 (5)
2023#5,255 (18)#4,992 (3)—
2022#5,215 (18)#3,450 (5)#2,810 (5)
2021#6,032 (14)#3,990 (4)—
2020#6,296 (13)#2,960 (6)—
2019#4,951 (19)#2,728 (7)#2,189 (7)
2018#4,918 (19)#3,959 (4)—
2017#5,111 (18)#3,449 (5)#2,439 (6)
2016#4,470 (22)#1,804 (13)#2,428 (6)
2015#3,431 (32)#2,707 (7)#2,139 (7)
2014#4,702 (20)#2,459 (8)—
2013#3,265 (33)#2,954 (6)#2,086 (7)
2012#4,533 (21)#2,721 (7)#2,368 (6)
2011#4,983 (18)#2,039 (10)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #3,265.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tameem is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 98,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 65,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TameemCanadaBoys#3,1535
TameemEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
TameemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TameemUSBoys#6,44613