Akeem
Masculine · “wise”
Akeem respells Hakeem — wise in Arabic — and al-Hakim is one of the ninety-nine names of God, the All-Wise.
How old is the name Akeem?
Akeem first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Akeem alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 6,600 people named Akeem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Akeem most popular?
Akeem peaked in 1990, reaching #405 nationally. Today it ranks #2077, 1,672 places below that high. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hakim to Akeem
The story of Akeem
The root h-k-m ties wisdom to judgment in Arabic — a hakim is a wise man, a judge and a physician, all from the same word. Al-Hakim is among the ninety-nine divine names. Akeem entered wide American use after a 1988 film, and it appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
wise, judicious
Through Hakeem, from the Arabic hakim, 'wise' or 'judicious', from the root h-k-m carrying wisdom, judgment and rule. The same root gives hikmah, 'wisdom', and hukm, 'judgment'. Al-Hakim is a divine name. The dropped initial h is an American respelling.
How the name formed
- hakim
- Hakeem
- Akeem
Related forms: حكيم · Hakeem · Hakim
Pronouncing Akeem
uh-KEEM
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Hakim begins with a strong h the English spelling drops.
Nicknames for Akeem
Moderate
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 1990570 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #405reached in 1990
- Change vs 2024
- −42.3%71 in 2025, from 123
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.
Akeem in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- حكيم in Arabic — related form
- Hakeem in English — spelling variant
- Hakim in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, New York.
Akeems among us
people named Akeem are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,057 born in 2025 was named Akeem
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jewel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Akeem's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jewel climbed just as high around 1907, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jewel's path sketches the road Akeem is walking now.
Akeem 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 Akeem is headed
Akeem should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Akeem beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Akeem in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a hakim is a sage, a judge and a doctor at once is a first-rate detail.
- It is one of the divine names in its Arabic form.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The initial h of the Arabic is dropped in this spelling.
- Hakeem and Hakim are the standard transliterations.
- One 1988 film is a lasting association for many Americans.
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Frequently asked
- How many Akeems are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,600 people named Akeem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Akeem in 2025?
- Akeem ranks #2077 among US boy names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Akeem?
- About 1 in every 24,057 US boys born in 2025 was named Akeem — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Akeem with classmates?
- Akeem will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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