boys:
1.8k births since 1967
#2940 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1967
#5957 (23rd percentile)
The name Rahim is the #5,957 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,797 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 23.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,940 (35.9% percentile) for all time with 1,797 births since 1967.
Rahim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (first recorded for boys in 1967). Birth data for Rahim is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Rahim reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #622) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rahim is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #868 (4.7% percentile) with 26 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rahim".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Rahim", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 8 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Raheem" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Raheem..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rahim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Rahim is pronounced as ruh-HEEM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rah-HEEM, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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