Raahim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAA-him
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Raahim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “merciful, compassionate”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Raahim mean?
Arabic: variant of Rahim
“merciful, compassionate”
From the Arabic root r-h-m, 'mercy', which also gives ar-Rahim, one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Raahim a girl's or a boy's name?
Raahim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raahim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Raahim, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Raahim of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Raahim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Raahim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Raahim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Raahim, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Raahim of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Raahim in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raahim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Raahim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Musa, Zayd, Hamza, Rayyan, Arham, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Raheem, Umar
Names related to Raahim
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Raahim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raahim, updated 20 October 2026.