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Rasheem

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Rasheem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
120.00% of boys
Peak year
199151 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
1,316people given the name
Babies named Rasheem, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,316 boys have been named Rasheem in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 51 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Rasheem
1970s239
1980s350
1990s404
2000s174
2010s110
2020s39

In 1991, its biggest year

Rasheem was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Rasheem

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.