Rahman
- #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 52 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,286since 1959
Rahman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rahman has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #4,570 | 22 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,648 | 28 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five boys were named Rahman! It came in at #3,988, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1962, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rahman is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Rahman in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rahman
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 641 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,249)
- 331 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #4,249)
- 462 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,249)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 1976 at #1,190 (52 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,173
- Highest: 1 in 30,173 boys born in 1976 were named Rahman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 24.2% of all boys named Rahman (311) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,988 (1959) | #3,988 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,217 (1969) | #3,341 |
| 1970s | 311 | #1,190 (1976) | #1,729 |
| 1980s | 210 | #1,433 (1981) | #2,824 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,782 (1998) | #3,963 |
| 2000s | 190 | #3,143 (2001) | #4,660 |
| 2010s | 207 | #3,894 (2010) | #4,682 |
| 2020s | 133 | #3,918 (2020) | #4,586 |
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.
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