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Naeem

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Naeem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
700.00% of boys
Peak year
200671 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1966
2,060people given the name
Babies named Naeem, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,060 boys have been named Naeem in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 71 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2006, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 27%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Naeem
1960s10
1970s159
1980s206
1990s347
2000s477
2010s551
2020s310

In 2006, its biggest year

Naeem was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.

Names that rose and fell with Naeem

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.