Hatem
Hatem is a masculine Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Hatem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hatem is a masculine Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Hatem
Hatem first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1964, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1985: 9 births, good for #4,332 nationwide. About 45% of every Hatem on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hatem last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 125 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hatem
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Names that sound like Hatem
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About the name Hatem
Hatem is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 125 births in the dataset. Hatem's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #4,332. Use the chart and map above to compare Hatem's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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