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Hatem

#11,155 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Hatim

Hatem has been given to 131 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #11,155 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1985, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Hatem, 2025

1 in 553,000

Hatem over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hatem: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Hatim

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hatem means

Hatem is a alternate transcription of Hatim.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hatem is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈħaː.tim/ for Hatem.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Hatem → Hatim. The family’s meaning is “determined, decisive”, recorded in the naming reference for Hatim.

Origin, language, and formation

Hatem is used in Albanian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hatim.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 131 boys were recorded with the name Hatem between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1985; its best national rank was #4,279 in 1964.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,749 in 2020 to #11,155 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,276 in 2015 to #11,155 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hatem?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,155
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hatem sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hatem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hatems were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hatem was born before 2015 — so the typical Hatem is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
131
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Hatem rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,594
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,879
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 1985 (9)
Years since peak
40
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,279
1964

Spellings of Hatem

Hatem is not the most common spelling — Mateo is, with 52.4% against Hatem's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hatem around the world

Where Hatem ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2022
    #3,049
    in 2022
  • France
    1968–2025
    #1,813
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2008
    #2,611
    in 2008
  • South Australia
    1975–1975
    #460
    in 1975

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hatem by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,155
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,594
Best rank ever
#4,279
1964
Peak year
1985
9 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
131
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Hatem

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

HatimHattonTatemHattanHatchHatcherHattieArtemAtemTaytemRotem

Sibling names for Hatem

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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