Boys' name · since 1971
Rasheem
1,317 babies named Rasheem in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,319 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,317
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rasheem is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,317 have been recorded since 1971.
Rasheem has 1,317 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2024.
- #4,319 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,317 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rasheem ranks #4,319 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,317 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,319 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,317
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rasheem's 1,317 recorded births place it above 90.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Rasheem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rasheem splits its recorded history at 1997: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2012 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rasheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2024
- Peak year (1991)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Rasheem by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (404 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Rasheem's strongest decade.
404 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Rasheem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
239 births
- 1980s
1980s
350 births
- 1990s
1990s
404 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s 110
2010s
110 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 404 births (31% of all-time use).
How Rasheem compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rasheem's total volume
Rasheem by state
Where Rasheem concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 378 | 28.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 105 | 8.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 49 | 3.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 39 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.5% |
378 of 1,317 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Rasheem's decade-level peak was the 1990s (404 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Rasheems (378 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 Rasheem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1971–2024 (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 Rasheem 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.