Rasheem — #6909 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rasheem

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,316 babies named Rasheem between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rasheem currently holds the #6909 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rasheem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 404 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rasheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 378 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Rasheem in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rasheem 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 1,316 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.