Abdulrahim
'Abd al-Raḥīm is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words 'abd, al-Raḥīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the merciful".
Meaning & Origin of Abdulrahim
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
'Abd al-Raḥīm is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words 'abd, al-Raḥīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the merciful".
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The Story of Abdulrahim
The earliest SSA record of Abdulrahim as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 5 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Abdulrahim — #6,629 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Abdulrahim on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Abdulrahim last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 147 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Abdulrahim
Abdulrahim is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Abdulrahim's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #6,629. Use the chart and map above to compare Abdulrahim's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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