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Jaheem

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Jaheem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 892nd, in 2002.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of boys
Peak year
2002182 births
Best rank
#892in 2002
Since 1988
1,214people given the name
Babies named Jaheem, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,214 boys have been named Jaheem in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 182 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 62%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jaheem
1980s5
1990s63
2000s752
2010s277
2020s117

In 2002, its biggest year

Jaheem was the 892nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2002 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2002.

Names that rose and fell with Jaheem

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.