Fun Facts About the Name Hazem
- 302 babies named Hazem: U.S. records list 302 babies given the name Hazem from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hazem Mean?
Hazem is an Arabic masculine name. It comes from the root ḥ-z-m (ح-ز-م), the same root as the noun ḥazm (حَزْم), meaning determination, resolution, or sound judgment. The name itself is the active participle ḥāzim (حَازِم), so its literal sense is "one who is decisive" or "resolute" - someone who acts with firmness and good judgment. That literal sense, rather than any symbolic extension, is the established meaning. The feminine form of the name is Hazima.
Hazem Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the classical Arabic naming tradition, in which a participle such as ḥāzim can be taken directly as a personal name. It is used across the Arab world in several spellings that reflect regional pronunciation: Hazim in much of the Levant, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula, and Hazem in Egypt, where the short vowel is spoken closer to a short e. Because the two spellings represent the same Arabic name, the difference between them is a matter of transliteration and local speech rather than two separate names.
Through Ottoman Turkish the name took the form Hazım, and it is also found among Bosnian and other Balkan Muslim communities. In Arabic, the long ā is written but the short vowel after it is not, which is why Hazem and Hazim both circulate in Latin-alphabet writing.
How Popular is the Name Hazem?
Hazem has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #5,654 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,492 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #7,392 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #11,332 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,552 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,146 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,931 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #5,654 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #7,301 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #6,443 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #7,804 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #5,827 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #7,761 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #9,172 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #8,308 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #12,952 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #8,549 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #9,297 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #8,444 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #7,109 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #7,316 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #6,702 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #6,004 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #8,796 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #7,809 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,511 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #10,204 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #9,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,374 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #9,254 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,701 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,847 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #7,383 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #6,708 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,653 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,656 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,636 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #6,164 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Hazem Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You attract success and money. You are a lover of nature and do not need others for your happiness. You are self sufficient. You strive for material success and power and have business sense. You possess strong organizational abilities, can be a good manager, and executive by nature. You are capable of great achievement in business and finance. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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