Jaheem

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaheem by the numbers

Jaheem was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 182 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jaheem

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jaheem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaheim72 in the US (2017)
  • Jakeem38 in the US (2017)
  • Jahiem26 in the US (2017)
  • Jahkeem13 in the US (2017)
  • Jameelbeautiful or handsome10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janeegod is gracious7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jaheem

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