Rank 2025
#1,502
among boys · ↓239 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
117
named Hakeem · -25% vs 2024
How common
1 in 14,599
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1989
279 babies
All-time total
6,299
#1,546 all-time among boys
First recorded
1971
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Hakeem is most popular
Boys named Hakeem per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.094 per 1,000.
Strongest in Virginia, Georgia, and Illinois.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Hakeem born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Hakeem
Hakeem is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #1,502 in 2025 with 117 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1971, 6,299 American babies have been named Hakeem. Its peak came in 1989, when 279 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1980s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Hakeem stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
