Kaheem

#10,173 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kaheem has been given to 377 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #10,173 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Kaheem, 2025

1 in 474,000

Kaheem over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaheem: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaheem means

Kaheem is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaheem is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 377 boys were recorded with the name Kaheem between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1989; its best national rank was #3,028 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,127 in 2020 to #10,173 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,364 in 2015 to #10,173 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kaheem?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,173; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaheem sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaheem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaheems were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaheem was born before 2001 — so the typical Kaheem is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 29.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 377; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 29.7% of all recorded uses (112).

Is Kaheem rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,051; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −4,046; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,809; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 35.0%; Peak was 1989 (20)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,028; 1989

Spellings of Kaheem

Kaheem is not the most common spelling — Kareem is, with 26.2% against Kaheem's 0.54%.

Kareem26.2%18,161
Raheem12.3%8,524
Akeem9.9%6,825
Hakeem9.1%6,299
Jaheim5.9%4,062
Kadeem3.8%2,644
Rakeem3.2%2,182
Naeem3.1%2,120

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaheem is used

Across 1910–2025, Kaheem was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 271,915 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaheem has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaheem by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,173
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 4,046
Best rank ever: #3,028; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 20 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 377
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Kaheem

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kahiau Kahreem Kahseem Kahari Kahmari Kahaan Tyheem Tameem Hykeem Ahkeem Kaleem Kahlan Taheem Naheem Haleem Nakeem Kahleo Nadeem Waseem Faheem Ikeem Kahron Nyeem Zaeem

Sibling names for Kaheem

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Ashlie Anthony Jessika Casandra Ashely Shantel Chantelle Alesha

For a brother

Elizabeth Derrell Garrick Coty Bradly Arron Laron Brandan

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