Jaheem — #5322 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jaheem

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,214 babies named Jaheem between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaheem currently holds the #5322 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 182 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaheem performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 752 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaheem in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaheem 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 1,214 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.