Zaheem — boys' name
72 babies named Zaheem in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Zaheem was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Zaheem in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaheem
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Zaheem between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaheem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaheem performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zaheem shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaheem 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 72 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.
Zaheem at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zaheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
72 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 8 births in a single year.
Zaheem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 26 births that decade — 36% of Zaheem's all-time total
Zaheem decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zaheem's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2023 (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.