girl's name

Reem

  • Origin Arabic
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,791

Ireland

#506

2025 births

Reem is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 138 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Reem is a name of Arabic origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 177 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 24,025 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Reem over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,036
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Reem by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 7
1970s 131
1980s 281
1990s 599
2000s 788
2010s 1,036
2020s (to 2025) 768

How popular is Reem?

In 2025, Reem was given to 138 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Reem is used

Ireland #506 7 in 2025
England & Wales #543 73 in 2025
Canada #621 46 in 2024
Scotland #677 4 in 2024
France #783 55 in 2025
United States #1,534 138 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Reem is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Réem Réem is a rare spelling of Reem, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Reem

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Reem also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Reem over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Reem

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Reem — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Reem

How popular is the name Reem?

In 2025, Reem was given to 138 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Reem a girl's or a boy's name?

Reem is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Reem most popular?

Reem peaked in 2024, when 177 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Reem a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Reem currently ranks #506 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.