Raheem
Raheem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 136 births. Its best rank was 417th, in 1993.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1360.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1993556 births
- Best rank
- #417in 1993
- Since 1964
- 8,396people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,396 boys have been named Raheem in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 556 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 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 35%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Raheem was the 417th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Raheem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shakirpeak 1993
- Khalifpeak 1992
- Breonpeak 1994
- Octaviouspeak 1992
- Akilpeak 1994
- Keenanpeak 1997
- Zachariahpeak 1992
- Torianpeak 1991
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.