Raheem
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #9,237 · #1,436 for boys in 2025, 125 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 556 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,524since 1964
Raheem over time
Rank among boys' names. Raheem has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,436 | 125 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,364 | 138 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,242 | 157 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,245 | 158 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,230 | 156 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,106 | 179 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,102 | 179 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,135 | 170 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,061 | 187 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,199 | 158 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,210 | 152 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,218 | 150 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,297 | 133 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,328 | 128 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,305 | 131 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,390 | 120 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,403 | 121 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,251 | 139 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,405 | 116 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,350 | 120 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,453 | 101 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,404 | 101 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,210 | 121 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,044 | 147 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,027 | 143 | |
| 2000 | — | #914 | 169 | |
| 1999 | — | #828 | 183 | |
| 1998 | — | #736 | 221 | |
| 1997 | — | #708 | 223 | |
| 1996 | — | #623 | 278 | |
| 1995 | — | #570 | 321 | |
| 1994 | — | #515 | 384 | |
| 1993 | — | #417 | 556 | |
| 1992 | — | #509 | 395 | |
| 1991 | — | #686 | 217 | |
| 1990 | — | #768 | 174 | |
| 1989 | — | #795 | 156 | |
| 1988 | — | #938 | 105 | |
| 1987 | — | #884 | 112 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,028 | 81 | |
| 1985 | — | #967 | 89 | |
| 1984 | — | #976 | 83 | |
| 1983 | — | #795 | 121 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #780 | 127 |
| 1981 | — | #694 | 154 | |
| 1980 | — | #696 | 156 | |
| 1979 | — | #805 | 117 | |
| 1978 | — | #820 | 108 | |
| 1977 | — | #699 | 148 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #984 | 69 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,147 | 51 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Raheem! It came in at #4,039, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Raheem is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#571 · 1 in 3,508
- Louisiana#613 · 1 in 3,404
- Virginia#620 · 1 in 4,618
- Pennsylvania#729 · 1 in 6,100
- Florida#935 · 1 in 7,720
Best ever in a state: #96 in South Carolina, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #571 | 6 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Louisiana | #613 | 7 | 1 in 3,404 |
| Virginia | #620 | 9 | 1 in 4,618 |
| Pennsylvania | #729 | 10 | 1 in 6,100 |
| Florida | #935 | 12 | 1 in 7,720 |
| New Jersey | #944 | 5 | 1 in 8,561 |
| Georgia | #976 | 7 | 1 in 7,984 |
| Ohio | #1,014 | 6 | 1 in 10,088 |
| New York | #1,142 | 10 | 1 in 10,623 |
| Texas | #1,987 | 6 | 1 in 29,769 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raheem
- 72 spots since 2024 (#1,364 → #1,436)
- 330 spots since 2020 (#1,106 → #1,436)
- 226 spots since 2015 (#1,210 → #1,436)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1977 (#1,010 → #699)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1984 (#795 → #976)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1993 at #417 (556 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1987–2000
- Highest: 1 in 3,528 boys born in 1993 were named Raheem (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,665 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.6% of all boys named Raheem (2,952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #2,682 (1969) | #3,361 |
| 1970s | 673 | #699 (1977) | #1,338 |
| 1980s | 1,184 | #694 (1981) | #855 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #417 (1993) | #636 |
| 2000s | 1,278 | #914 (2000) | #1,246 |
| 2010s | 1,508 | #1,061 (2017) | #1,225 |
| 2020s | 913 | #1,106 (2020) | #1,271 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raheem in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 15,989 of them was named Raheem, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,383Maddix121
- #1,383Rayyan121
- #1,383Yaseen121
- #1,390Raheem120
- #1,390Barry120
- #1,390Brighton120
- #1,390Coltin120
- #1,399Aksel119
- #1,399Cashton119
- #1,399Grayden119
Tied with 8 names at #1,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.