Azeem
Masculine · “great”
Azeem is the Arabic word for magnificent, and al-Azim, the Magnificent, is among the names of God.
How old is the name Azeem?
Azeem first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Azeem alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 600 people named Azeem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azeem most popular?
Azeem peaked in 1993, reaching #3042 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 1,354 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
From azim to Azeem
The story of Azeem
Arabic distinguishes several kinds of greatness with separate roots, and azim covers magnitude and majesty — the Verse of the Throne, one of the most recited passages in the Qur'an, ends with al-Ali al-Azim, the Most High, the Magnificent. Azeem is used across the Arab world and South Asia, usually in the compound Abd al-Azim, and reaches American records from both.
Meaning
great, magnificent
From an Arabic root meaning to be great or mighty; azim describes greatness of scale and standing, distinct from the roots for nobility or generosity. Al-Azim appears in the Verse of the Throne.
How the name formed
- azim
- Azeem
Related forms: Azim · Azeem · Azim
Pronouncing Azeem
ah-ZEEM
Two syllables with the stress on the long second. English speakers often say AY-zeem.
Nicknames for Azeem
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 202333 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3042reached in 1993
- Change vs 2024
- −4.2%23 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Azeem in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Azim in Arabic — transliteration
- Azeem in Urdu — same name
- Azim in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, Texas.
Azeems among us
people named Azeem are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Azeem
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Azeem
- #4396
- Azeem on the 2025 chart
- #884
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Azeem went to 23 boys in 2025, but Aseem, Asem and Azem are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 44, which makes it the 884th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,512 places above the chart.
- Azeem23
- Aseem8
- Asem8
- Azem5
About 1 boy in 38,820 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 74,264 for Azeem itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kipper test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azeem's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kipper climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kipper's path sketches the road Azeem is walking now.
Azeem sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Azeem beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azeem in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a precise sense — greatness of scale and standing.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Recognized across the Arab world and South Asia.
- It is a divine name, and some families use it only in the compound Abd al-Azim.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- Azeem and Azim are both in use and neither is dominant in English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Azeems are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Azeem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Azeem?
- Azeem is the most-used spelling in US records — 23 of the 44 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aseem, Asem and Azem.
- How popular is the name Azeem in 2025?
- Azeem ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azeem?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Azeem — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azeem with classmates?
- Azeem will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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