Hazem
Hazem is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Hazem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hazem is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Hazem
Hazem first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 16 births, good for #5,553 nationwide. About 33% of every Hazem on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hazem last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 293 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hazem
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hazem. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Hazem
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About the name Hazem
Hazem is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 293 births in the dataset. Hazem's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #5,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Hazem'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.