Rahiem — #10079 US boys' name
652 babies named Rahiem in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Rahiem was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Rahiem in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rahiem
The Social Security Administration has registered 652 babies named Rahiem between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rahiem currently holds the #10079 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahiem performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rahiem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rahiem in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rahiem 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 652 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.
Rahiem at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rahiem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (1980)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #10079 among boys.
652 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 30 births in a single year.
Rahiem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 145 births that decade — 22% of Rahiem's all-time total
Rahiem decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rahiem's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Rahiem by state
Where Rahiem concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
Top 5 states
- New York 18.1% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 18.1% 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, 1971–2024 (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.