Braheem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Braheem

The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Braheem between 1976 and 2014, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braheem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braheem performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Braheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Braheem in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braheem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 254 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.