Hasheem

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Hasheem by the numbers

Hasheem was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Hasheem

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hasheem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hashemimposing, dignified, noble5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hakeemwise or judicious66 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hashimcrusher or breaker69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haseebnoble; well-born; respected11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haleempatient, forbearing, clement10 in the US (2017)
  • Hazeemresolute, determined3 in England and Wales (2025)

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