How rare is the name Raheem?

5,679 people in the United States have the first name Raheem, about 1 in 53,184. It ranks #3,602 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RAHEEM

#3,602

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,679
About
1 in 53,184
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,679 people named Raheem, 82.8% reported their origin as Black, 4.7% as two or more races and 4.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raheem peaked in 1993, when 556 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
556
In 2025*
125 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,530 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Raheem by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,330. The largest share of babies named Raheem, 39.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#13,05816
1970s#2,449673
1980s#1,9801,190
1990s#1,3302,952
2000s#2,8051,278
2010s#2,6781,508
2020s#2,678913
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–809.8%
Millennials 1981–9639.4%
Generation Z 1997–1226.8%
2013 and later23.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Raheem is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raheem has been most common in New Jersey (3.9×), South Carolina (2.8×), and New York (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.19×).

6,752 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Raheem

1 other first name also has 5,679 people.

#3,602 Tonja · 5,679

Either side of Raheem

#3,600 Tito · 5,682#3,601 Tyron · 5,680#3,602 Tonja · 5,679#3,604 Dangelo · 5,678

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raheem, most common first.

#18,057 Raheim · 601#21,666 Rahiem · 467#29,486 Raheen · 300#48,685 Raheema · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Raheem ranks #24,705 of 156,621, with 1,054 people. See Raheem as a last name

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