Hakeem
Hakeem is an Arabic-language given name, a romanization variant of Hakim. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Hakeem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hakeem is an Arabic-language given name, a romanization variant of Hakim. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Hakeem
Hakeem first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 279 births, good for #586 nationwide. About 34% of every Hakeem on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Hakeem ranks #1,321 for baby boys with 146 births, falling sharply (-16%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hakeem
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Names that sound like Hakeem
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About the name Hakeem
Hakeem is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Hakeem's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #586. Use the chart and map above to compare Hakeem'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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