Raheem — #1377 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raheem

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,396 babies named Raheem between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raheem currently holds the #1377 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 556 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raheem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,952 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Raheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Raheem in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raheem 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 8,396 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.