Raheem
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #9,237 · #1,436 for boys in 2025, 125 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 556 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,524since 1964
Raheem over time
Rank among boys' names. Raheem has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,436 | 125 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,364 | 138 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,242 | 157 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,245 | 158 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,230 | 156 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,106 | 179 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,102 | 179 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,135 | 170 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,061 | 187 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,199 | 158 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,210 | 152 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,218 | 150 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,297 | 133 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,328 | 128 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,305 | 131 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,390 | 120 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,403 | 121 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,251 | 139 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,405 | 116 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,350 | 120 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,453 | 101 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,404 | 101 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,210 | 121 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,044 | 147 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,027 | 143 | |
| 2000 | — | #914 | 169 | |
| 1999 | — | #828 | 183 | |
| 1998 | — | #736 | 221 | |
| 1997 | — | #708 | 223 | |
| 1996 | — | #623 | 278 | |
| 1995 | — | #570 | 321 | |
| 1994 | — | #515 | 384 | |
| 1993 | — | #417 | 556 | |
| 1992 | — | #509 | 395 | |
| 1991 | — | #686 | 217 | |
| 1990 | — | #768 | 174 | |
| 1989 | — | #795 | 156 | |
| 1988 | — | #938 | 105 | |
| 1987 | — | #884 | 112 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,028 | 81 | |
| 1985 | — | #967 | 89 | |
| 1984 | — | #976 | 83 | |
| 1983 | — | #795 | 121 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #780 | 127 |
| 1981 | — | #694 | 154 | |
| 1980 | — | #696 | 156 | |
| 1979 | — | #805 | 117 | |
| 1978 | — | #820 | 108 | |
| 1977 | — | #699 | 148 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #984 | 69 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,147 | 51 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Raheem! It came in at #4,039, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Raheem is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#195 · 1 in 1,466
- Pennsylvania#254 · 1 in 3,123
- New York#322 · 1 in 2,973
- Ohio#682 · 1 in 15,807
- California#1,415 · 1 in 34,138
Best ever in a state: #96 in South Carolina, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #195 | 30 | 1 in 1,466 |
| Pennsylvania | #254 | 25 | 1 in 3,123 |
| New York | #322 | 39 | 1 in 2,973 |
| Ohio | #682 | 5 | 1 in 15,807 |
| California | #1,415 | 6 | 1 in 34,138 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raheem
- 72 spots since 2024 (#1,364 → #1,436)
- 330 spots since 2020 (#1,106 → #1,436)
- 226 spots since 2015 (#1,210 → #1,436)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1977 (#1,010 → #699)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1984 (#795 → #976)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1993 at #417 (556 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1987–2000
- Highest: 1 in 3,528 boys born in 1993 were named Raheem (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,665 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.6% of all boys named Raheem (2,952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #2,682 (1969) | #3,361 |
| 1970s | 673 | #699 (1977) | #1,338 |
| 1980s | 1,184 | #694 (1981) | #855 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #417 (1993) | #636 |
| 2000s | 1,278 | #914 (2000) | #1,246 |
| 2010s | 1,508 | #1,061 (2017) | #1,225 |
| 2020s | 913 | #1,106 (2020) | #1,271 |
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.
Raheem in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 282,221 of them was named Raheem, which outranked 25.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,224Zia7
- #8,224Ziomara7
- #8,224Zohra7
- #9,237Raheem6
- #9,237Aarica6
- #9,237Abbagail6
- #9,237Abbygail6
- #10,517Aapri5
- #10,517Aaronda5
- #10,517Abimbola5
Tied with 1,279 names at #9,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 14,287 of them was named Raheem, which outranked 89.4% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).