Ryheem
Boy · rye-HEEM · Arabic
Ryheem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “merciful, compassionate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ryheem mean?
Arabic: respelling of Raheem, from Arabic rahim 'merciful'
“merciful, compassionate”
Ar-Rahim, 'the Especially Merciful', is one of the 99 names of God.
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Is Ryheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Ryheem is a boys' name.
How popular is Ryheem in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Ryheem in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ryheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Ryheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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