Given name

Iham

“one who is expected”

Iham is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is expected.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Indian interpretation is “one who is expected.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Iham through the years

Babies since 1880
26
26 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
11 babies
2025
5
#12,735 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
024682025Highest share 20242.9
Iham in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2020–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,735 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Iham’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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