Raheem

Where Raheem comes from

Raheem hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #4,039 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.