Raheem

Where Raheem comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Raheem.

Raheem through the years
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #4,039 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Raheem Lawal born
    Nigerian footballer
  3. 1993
    Peak, #417
    556 babies named Raheem, the most in any year.
  4. 1994
    Raheem Sterling born
    English association football player
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #623.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Raheem Sterling · English association football player, born 1994
  • Raheem Lawal · Nigerian footballer, born 1990
  • Raheem Edwards · Canadian soccer player, born 1995
  • Raheem Mostert · American football player, born 1992
  • Raheem Hayles · Jamaican sprinter, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.