# Raheem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raheem/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,530 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,524 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,809, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | 10,124 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 131 | 1,308 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,335 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,302 |
| 2014 | 150 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 152 | 1,215 |
| 2016 | 158 | 1,200 |
| 2017 | 187 | 1,062 |
| 2018 | 170 | 1,137 |
| 2019 | 179 | 1,106 |
| 2020 | 179 | 1,107 |
| 2021 | 156 | 1,236 |
| 2022 | 158 | 1,248 |
| 2023 | 157 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 138 | 1,369 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,442 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 626 |
| 2012 | 60 | 588 |
| 2013 | 60 | 589 |
| 2014 | 77 | 507 |
| 2015 | 76 | 506 |
| 2016 | 74 | 525 |
| 2017 | 58 | 621 |
| 2018 | 87 | 465 |
| 2019 | 83 | 481 |
| 2020 | 67 | 551 |
| 2021 | 72 | 539 |
| 2022 | 73 | 531 |
| 2023 | 89 | 447 |
| 2024 | 62 | 613 |
| 2025 | 66 | 585 |

## People named Raheem

- Raheem Sterling, English association football player (born 1994)
- Raheem Edwards, Canadian soccer player
- Raheem Mostert, American football player (born 1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.