Rahim

Meaning and origin of Rahim

Popularity of Rahim in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Rahim has been rising (+8% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Rahim every 23 schools, all spellings combined.

Rahim in English-speaking countries

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  763^rd boys’ name8 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,978

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,038^th boys’ name87 babies in 3 years1 boy in 9,498+5.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,861^st boys’ name6 babies in 3 years1 boy in 28,324

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  156 babies in 3 years1 boy in 32,959+3.7% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Rahim and Rahîm are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Rahîm5
• Raïm10
• Raym10
• Rayim5
• Rahym5
• Raim5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Rahim

• Khalis
• Walid
• Oussayd
• Abdoul
• Junayd
• Zeyd
• Safwan
• Haron
• Ahmad
• Ishak
• Sekou
• Mahdi

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin