Rehman — boys' name
141 babies named Rehman in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Rehman was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Rehman in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rehman
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Rehman between 1985 and 2016, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rehman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rehman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rehman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rehman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rehman 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 141 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.
Rehman at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rehman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1985
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
141 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 15 births in a single year.
Rehman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 71 births that decade — 50% of Rehman's all-time total
Rehman decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rehman's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Rehman by state
Where Rehman concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 7.1% |
10 of 141 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.1% 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, 1985–2016 (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.