# Kaleem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaleem/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 458 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 458 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 371, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَلِيم (kalīm).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,252 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,823 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,848 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,395 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,693 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,498 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,492 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,598 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,820 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,356 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,323 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,514 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,041 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,999 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.