Raheem
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning merciful; compassionate; a form of Rahim.
Raheem by the numbers
In 2025, 66 babies in England and Wales were named Raheem. In the US, 186 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 556 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Rahim
Like Raheem, each of these traces back to Rahim: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raheem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rakeemmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raheeltraveler or wayfarer19 in the US (2017)
- Raheimmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim17 in the US (2017)
- Rahkeemcompassionate, merciful; a modern form of raheem10 in the US (2017)
- Rahiem11 in the US (2017)
- Rasheem11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Raheem
Names that are said the same way as Raheem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean grace
Like Raheem, each of these has grace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- JohnGod is gracious9,444 in the US (2017)
- JackGod is gracious; from John1,595 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iangod is gracious; a form of john5,012 in the US (2017)
- JaxsonGod is gracious; a form of Jackson4,832 in the US (2017)
- EvanGod is gracious4,795 in the US (2017)
- Milessoldier; merciful3,615 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Raheem
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