Raheema

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raheema: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raheema: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,238 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1238highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#2444
2000	#2416
2001	#1238
2002	#1530
2003	#1843
2004	#2530
2005	#2247
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#2759
2010	#1901
2011	#3549
2012	#4171
2013	#2313
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#3214
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1238 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raheema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raheema in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	13	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raheema appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1238 in England and Wales in 2001.

Raheema's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,238, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Raheel · #780, 29y
Raheem · #406, 29y
Rahel · #342, 41y
Rahela · #663, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ruqaiyah · #1238, 28y
Shaina · #1238, 27y
Azad · #1236, 28y
Abrar · #1235, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ruqaiyah · #1238, 28y
Shaina · #1238, 27y
Azad · #1236, 28y
Abrar · #1235, 29y

Raheema and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raheema without appearing here.

Raheema moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1238 and #3998.
Vicki Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1238 and #2023.

Moved ahead of Raheema

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Raheema

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Raheema

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raheema went from #2096 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1238 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raheema

Raheema at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raheema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raheema appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raheema and the names beside it

Raheema moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Raheema

Moved the opposite way to Raheema

Moved the same way as Raheema

Raheema at a glance

Raheema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raheema appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raheema and the names beside it

Raheema moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Raheema

Moved the opposite way to Raheema

Moved the same way as Raheema