Raheim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- rah-HEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Raheim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “merciful, compassionate”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Raheim mean?
Arabic: variant of Rahim
“merciful, compassionate”
A spelling of Rahim, from Arabic rahim 'merciful', related to al-Rahim, one of the names of God in Islam.
Is Raheim a girl's or a boy's name?
Raheim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raheim in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raheim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raheim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Raheim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Raheim, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Raheim in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raheim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Names like Raheim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Abdullah Mustafa Umar Ibrahim Musa Fahad Rafi Khalid Amir
Names related to Raheim
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Raheim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raheim, updated 20 October 2026.