Boys' name · since 1972
Raheen
Raheen has 406 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,947 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 406
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Raheen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 406 have been recorded since 1972.
Raheen has 406 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2021.
- #8,947 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 406 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raheen ranks #8,947 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 406 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,947 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 406
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Raheen's 406 recorded births place it above 80.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Raheen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raheen splits its recorded history at 1988: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raheen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2021
- Peak year (1979)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Raheen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (134 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Raheen's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Raheen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
127 births
- 1980s
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 134 births (33% of all-time use).
Raheen by state
Where Raheen concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 80 | 19.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 47 | 11.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 4.2% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.2% |
80 of 406 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Raheen's data
- Raheen's decade-level peak was the 1980s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Raheens (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raheen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raheen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.