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Taim

Masculine · “servant”

2008high 2018
#2258 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare62 boys in 2025

Taim is a servant of God in Arabic — taym, one who is devoted — and it opens several pre-Islamic Arab clan names.

How old is the name Taim?

Taim first appears in US birth records in 2008 — 17 years ago. The typical Taim is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Taim are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Taim most popular?

Taim peaked in 2018, reaching #2167 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 91 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Taim

Pre-Islamic Arabic built names on taym as well as abd — Taym Allah, Taym al-Lat — declaring a person the servant of a named deity, and Islam kept the pattern with God's names. The Banu Taym were a Meccan clan. Taim appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

servant, devoted one

From the Arabic taym, 'servant' or 'slave', used in pre-Islamic theophoric names such as Taym Allah, 'servant of God'. It functions much as abd does in Abdullah. The Arabic is documented and the construction well attested.

How the name formed

  1. taym
  2. Taim

Related forms: تيم · Taym · Teym

Pronouncing Taim

TIME

One syllable. It is a homophone of the ordinary English noun.

Nicknames for Taim

Moderate

TaiThe front sound alone, and a name in its own right in several languages
TimoA loose affectionate form, used inside families
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 2008–202564320646220082025

US babies named Taim per year from 2008 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#21672000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2008
Most boys named
201864 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2167reached in 2018
Change vs 2024
+26.5%62 in 2025, from 49
Taim sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2018, with 64 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Taim in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • تيم in Arabic — transliteration
  • Taym in English — spelling variant
  • Teym in Turkish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Michigan.

Taims among us

700

people named Taim are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Taim

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Taim

#2258
Taim on the 2025 chart
#844
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Taim went to 62 boys in 2025, but Taym is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 84, which makes it the 844th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,414 places above the chart.

  • Taim62
  • Taym22

About 1 boy in 20,334 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,550 for Taim 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

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Is it right for you

The Johndavid test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Johndavid climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Johndavid's path sketches the road Taim is walking now.

40%chance Taim will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Taim, aligned on its peakJohndavid· peak 1982not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+40 yrsJohndavid · #4227Taim today
Taim today is about where Johndavid stood in 1989 — 7 years past a #2166-sized peak. By 2004, Johndavid had settled around #3573.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Taim 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

Where Taim is headed

20082030

US babies named Taim per year, 2008 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Taim should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-2% by 2030projected around #2,403 in 2030

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.

Taim beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Taim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Taimthis name62#2258Abdallah62#2258Damion62#2258Rustin62#2258Jackie62#2258

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That pre-Islamic Arabic had a second word for theophoric servanthood is a first-rate fact.
  • One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
  • The Meccan clan behind it is documented.
What to consider
  • It is a homophone of the English 'time'.
  • It is usually the first half of a compound in Arabic.
  • It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.

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Frequently asked

How many Taims are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Taim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Taim?
Taim is the most-used spelling in US records — 62 of the 84 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Taym.
How popular is the name Taim in 2025?
Taim ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Taim?
About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Taim — 62 in all.
Will my child share the name Taim with classmates?
Taim will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Taim

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Abdallah#2258 · Damion#2258 · Rustin#2258 · Jackie#2258 · Sloan#2258 · Sahil#2258 · Clement#2258 · Kurt#2258

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