How rare is the name Hakeem?

4,440 people in the United States have the first name Hakeem, about 1 in 68,025. It ranks #4,281 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

HAKEEM

#4,281

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,440
About
1 in 68,025
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,440 people named Hakeem, 81.7% reported their origin as Black, 5.6% as White and 5.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hakeem peaked in 1989, when 279 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
279
In 2025*
117 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,299 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hakeem by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,609. The largest share of babies named Hakeem, 35.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#5,194209
1980s#2,917634
1990s#1,6092,187
2000s#3,681867
2010s#2,8741,362
2020s#2,4561,040
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9635.5%
Generation Z 1997–1226.1%
2013 and later34.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hakeem is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hakeem has been most common in South Carolina (3.3×), Florida (2.8×), and Georgia (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.3×).

4,500 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Hakeem

3 other first names also have 4,440 people.

#4,281 Laylah · 4,440#4,281 Von · 4,440#4,281 Wilda · 4,440

Either side of Hakeem

#4,279 Jammie · 4,442#4,280 Blythe · 4,441#4,281 Laylah · 4,440#4,281 Von · 4,440

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hakeem, most common first.

#44,078 Hakiem · 158#53,366 Hakeen · 100

Also a last name

As a last name, Hakeem ranks #32,512 of 156,621, with 758 people. See Hakeem as a last name

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