Jaheem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-HEEM
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Jaheem is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Jaheem mean?
Modern: Ja- prefix with the ending of Raheem and Kareem
A US coinage; note that the similar-sounding Arabic word jahim means hellfire.
Is Jaheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaheem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaheem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jaheem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaheem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Jaheem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Jaheem, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 182 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jaheem in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Jaheem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Jaheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 80 | #1,615 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,252 |
| 2002 | 182 | #890 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,087 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Jaheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Musa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Raheem, Zayd, Umar, Mustafa, Hakeem, Azeem
Other spellings of Jaheem
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jaheem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaheem, updated 20 October 2026.