How many Brahims are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Brahim are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Brahim in 2025?

Brahim ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Brahim?

About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Brahim — 25 in all.

Will my child share the name Brahim with classmates?

Brahim will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Brahim

Masculine

#4139 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare25 boys in 2025

Brahim entered the US charts in 1976, peaked at #3793 in 2024, ranks #4139 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Brahim?

Brahim first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Brahim is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 200 people named Brahim are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Brahim most popular?

Brahim peaked in 2024, reaching #3793 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 346 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1976
Most boys named: 202429 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3793reached in 2024
Change vs 2024: −13.8%25 in 2025, from 29

Brahim sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 29 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Brahim in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.

Brahims among us

200

people named Brahim are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Brahim

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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What happens to a name after it peaks

The Kaemon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Brahim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kaemon climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kaemon's path sketches the road Brahim is walking now.

40%chance Brahim will feel dated by 2040

Brahim, aligned on its peakKaemon· peak 2007not yet written

Brahim today is about where Kaemon stood in 2008 — 1 year past a #3793-sized peak. By 2023, Kaemon had settled around #10183.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Brahim sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Brahim is headed

Brahim is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 164% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+164% by 2030projected around #2,294 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Brahim beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Brahim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Brahimthis name25#4139Mose25#4139Lucious25#4139Karsten25#4139Nikita25#4139

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Brahims are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Brahim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Brahim in 2025?: Brahim ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Brahim?: About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Brahim — 25 in all.
Will my child share the name Brahim with classmates?: Brahim will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Mose^#4139 · Lucious^#4139 · Karsten^#4139 · Nikita^#4139 · Hasani^#4139 · Jomar^#4139 · Fionn^#4139 · Earnest^#4139

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