Naeema
Naeema is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Naeema
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Naeema is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Naeema
Naeema first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 18 births, good for #6,324 nationwide. About 33% of every Naeema on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2025, Naeema ranks #10,084 for baby girls with 5 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 309 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Naeema
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Naeema. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Na'ima
- Naïma
- Naima
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About the name Naeema
Naeema is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 309 births in the dataset. Naeema's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #6,324. Use the chart and map above to compare Naeema'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.