How Many People Are Named Rahman?
people named Rahman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 279,235 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,286 babies named Rahman in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
52 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "merciful" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرحمان (al-Rahman) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rahman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rahman alive today is about 30 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 14 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rahman first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 1976, to 52 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rahman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,206, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #4,352.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,352 |
| Best rank | #1,206 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,626 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rahman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rahman were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 65 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rahman was given 12.4 times as often in New Jersey, 3.5 times in New York and 2.5 times in California.
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