Reem
Feminine · “white antelope”
Reem is the white antelope — the Arabian oryx, an animal that went extinct in the wild in 1972 and was brought back from zoo herds a decade later.
How old is the name Reem?
Reem first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Reem alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 3,600 people named Reem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reem most popular?
Reem peaked in 2024, reaching #1302 nationally. Today it ranks #1534, 232 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From rim to Reem
The story of Reem
The oryx is a standing image of beauty in classical Arabic verse, and Reem is a long-established girls' name across the Arabic-speaking world. The animal itself was hunted to extinction in the wild by 1972 and reintroduced from captive herds from 1982 — one of conservation's few clear successes. Reem appears in American records rising through the 2000s.
Meaning
white antelope, gazelle
From the Arabic rim or reem, the white antelope — specifically the Arabian oryx, prized in Arabic poetry as an image of grace. The same consonants appear in the Hebrew re'em, a wild ox of the Hebrew Bible, though the animals differ. The Arabic word is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- rim
- Reem
Related forms: ريم · Rim · Reema
Pronouncing Reem
REEM
One syllable. Arabic gives the r a light roll that English does not reproduce.
Nicknames for Reem
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
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 2024177 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1302reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −22.0%138 in 2025, from 177
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.
Reem in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ريم in Arabic — transliteration
- Rim in English — spelling variant
- Reema in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Reems among us
people named Reem are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,647 born in 2025 was named Reem
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reem's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lane climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lane's path sketches the road Reem is walking now.
Reem is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reem is headed
Reem looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 22% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reem beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reem in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete, and the oryx's near-extinction and return is a real story.
- It carries genuine weight in classical Arabic poetry.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- It is a homophone of the English ream, a quantity of paper.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
- The transliteration varies and will need spelling out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reems are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Reem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reem in 2025?
- Reem ranks #1534 among US girl names in 2025, with 138 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reem?
- About 1 in every 11,647 US girls born in 2025 was named Reem — 138 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reem with classmates?
- Reem will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Reem
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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