Rasheem

Peak · boys
1979 · 49 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,317
since 1971

Rasheem over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rasheem has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,319, 1979boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#6,83212
2023#8,2559
2022#7,76810
2021—
2020#8,0679
2019#7,17311
2018#7,13611
2017#7,09511
2016#7,15711
2015#9,5687
2014#8,1309
2013#5,17117
2012#9,7097
2011#5,67515
2010#7,08711
2009#5,55416
2008#7,18711
2007#5,21017
2006#7,9989
2005#4,32620
2004#4,12921
2003#4,81516
2002#4,04420
2001#2,98830
2000#5,04014
1999#2,93928
1998#2,27439
1997#2,44933
1996#2,59029
1995#1,98842
1994#2,12338
1993#1,79247
1992#1,67751
1991#1,63251
1990#1,73046
1989#1,79342
1988#1,79038
1987#2,11528
1986#1,87332
1985#1,91630
1984#1,50741
1983#1,78731
1982#1,99927
1981#1,45643
1980#1,56938
1979#1,31949
1978#1,39344
1977#1,64533
1976#1,87326
1975#2,20520
1974#1,88624
1973#2,21618
1972#2,32316
1971#3,3709
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Rasheem! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rasheem is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Rasheem in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rasheem
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,319 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 21 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 35,133
  • Highest: 1 in 35,133 boys born in 1979 were named Rasheem (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 143,574 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 30.7% of all boys named Rasheem (404) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s239#1,319 (1979)#2,026
1980s350#1,456 (1981)#1,781
1990s404#1,632 (1991)#2,119
2000s174#2,988 (2001)#5,129
2010s110#5,171 (2013)#7,390
2020s40#6,832 (2024)#7,731

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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