Rasheem
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Rasheem by the numbers
Rasheem was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 51 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Rasheem
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 Rasheem. 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)
- Rasheedwise, rightly guided48 in the US (2017)
- Rakeemmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashedguided on the right path22 in the US (2017)
- Raheeltraveler or wayfarer19 in the US (2017)
- Raheimmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rasheem
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