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Rahman

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Rahman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
200.00% of boys
Peak year
197652 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1959
1,261people given the name
Babies named Rahman, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,261 boys have been named Rahman in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 52 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1970s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Rahman
1950s5
1960s54
1970s311
1980s210
1990s176
2000s190
2010s206
2020s109

In 1976, its biggest year

Rahman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1976 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1976.

Names that rose and fell with Rahman

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.