Tamim
Masculine · “complete”
Tamim is complete or perfect in Arabic — and the same root gives tamam, the word for 'done' across half the Middle East.
How old is the name Tamim?
Tamim first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Tamim is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Tamim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tamim most popular?
Tamim peaked in 2017, reaching #2049 nationally. Today it ranks #2145, 96 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From tamma to Tamim
The story of Tamim
Tamam traveled from Arabic into Turkish, Persian, Urdu and Hebrew as an everyday word for 'done' or 'all right', which is unusually wide currency for a single root. Tamim ad-Dari was a companion of the Prophet. The name is standard across Arabic naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
complete, whole, sound
From the Arabic tamim, 'complete' or 'perfect', from the root t-m-m, 'to be finished or whole'. The same root gives tamam, 'complete' or 'fine', borrowed into Turkish, Persian and Hebrew. The Arabic is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- tamma
- tamim
- Tamim
Related forms: تميم · Tamim · Tameem
Pronouncing Tamim
tah-MEEM
Two syllables, stress on the second. Said much the same across Arabic and English.
Nicknames for Tamim
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
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 201768 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2049reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%67 in 2025, from 67
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.
Tamim in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- تميم in Arabic — transliteration
- Tamim in Urdu — same name
- Tameem in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Michigan.
Tamims among us
people named Tamim are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,494 born in 2025 was named Tamim
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 Ezekial test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tamim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ezekial climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ezekial's path sketches the road Tamim is walking now.
Tamim 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 Tamim is headed
Tamim looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Tamim beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tamim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the root gives an everyday word across five languages is a first-rate fact.
- The completeness meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Tamim and Tameem are both in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Arabic.
- Tamim and Tamir are close enough to confuse.
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Masculine · #2145 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Tamims 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 Tamim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tamim in 2025?
- Tamim ranks #2145 among US boy names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tamim?
- About 1 in every 25,494 US boys born in 2025 was named Tamim — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tamim with classmates?
- Tamim will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Tamim
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