Rahiem
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Rahiem by the numbers
Rahiem was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Rahiem
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 Rahiem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raheemmerciful; compassionate; a form of Rahim66 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rahimmerciful; compassionate40 in England and Wales (2025)
- RazielGod is my secret, from raz meaning secret55 in the US (2017)
- Rakeemmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rahiltraveler; a form of Raheel or Rahl6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raheeltraveler or wayfarer19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rahiem
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