Naeem

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Naeem: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Naeem: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #629, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#704
1997	#661
1998	#629
1999	#679
2000	#881
2001	#983
2002	#1033
2003	#945
2004	#841
2005	#1299
2006	#1347
2007	#1361
2008	#1511
2009	#1358
2010	#1407
2011	#1251
2012	#1367
2013	#2216
2014	#1281
2015	#1511
2016	#2027
2017	#2052
2018	#2112
2019	#2104
2020	#1935
2021	#1860
2022	#2018
2023	#2160
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #704 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #629 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Naeem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Naeem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	142	10 of 10	14
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Naeem appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in England and Wales in 1998.

Naeem's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#679	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#629	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Naeem was ranked #629 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Naeem and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Naeem without appearing here.

Naeem moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1281 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Naeem

Conan Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1367 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #1294.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1251 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1367 and #569.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #841 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #615.

Moved the opposite way to Naeem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Naeem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naeem went from #704 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Naeem

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Naeem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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