Faheem — #11191 US boys' name
800 babies named Faheem in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Faheem was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Faheem in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faheem
The Social Security Administration has registered 800 babies named Faheem between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Faheem currently holds the #11191 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faheem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Faheem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Faheem in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faheem 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 800 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.
Faheem at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2008)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #11191 among boys.
800 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 28 births in a single year.
Faheem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 185 births that decade — 23% of Faheem's all-time total
Faheem decade highlights
- Peak decade 185 births
- Runner-up 174 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Faheem's strongest decade
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Faheem by state
Where Faheem concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 6.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 43 | 5.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 27 | 3.4% |
| #4 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
53 of 800 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 6.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
- California 0.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.