# Rahim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rahim/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “kind”, “compassionate” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Raheem |
| US babies named this | 1,905 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,905 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 761, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm, “kind, compassionate”). The surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,840 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,511 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,040 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,670 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,011 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,047 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,294 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,568 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,039 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,745 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,015 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,858 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,723 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,991 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,178 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 31 | 965 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## People named Rahim

- Rahim Aga Khan, 50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
- Rahim Ademi, army general
- Rahim Huseynov, Azerbaijani politician (1936–2023)
- Rahim Gaziyev, Azerbaijani politician and political prisoner (born 1943)
- Rahim Ouédraogo, Burkinabè footballer
- Rakhim Chakhkiyev, boxer
- Rahym Gurbanmämmedow, footballer

## 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.