Joaquim
Masculine · “the Lord raises up”
Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan form of Joachim, and Portugal has used it heavily enough to produce its own household forms.
How old is the name Joaquim?
Joaquim first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Joaquim alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 800 people named Joaquim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Joaquim most popular?
Joaquim peaked in 1940, reaching #2478 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 1,661 places below that high. See the whole 1940 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Joaquim
Ours, offered as ours. The Iberian forms of this name diverge in a way worth noticing: Spanish Joaquín takes the stress at the end and marks it with an accent, Portuguese Joaquim ends in a nasal m, and Catalan Joaquim matches the Portuguese spelling with a different sound. Three neighboring languages, one Hebrew sentence, three quite different names to the ear. Portuguese also gives the household form Quim, which is a complete name in its own right there.
Meaning
the Lord raises up
From Hebrew Yehoyaqim, joining a form of the divine name to a verb meaning to raise or establish; Portuguese and Catalan give Joaquim, Spanish Joaquín, and all are the same name.
Pronouncing Joaquim
zhwah-KEENG
Two syllables with the stress on the second; the final m is a nasal vowel in Portuguese, not a consonant.
Nicknames for Joaquim
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
- 1917
- Most boys named
- 201740 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2478reached in 1940
- Change vs 2023
- −32.4%25 in 2025, from 37
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.
Joaquim in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Joaquim in Portuguese — same name
- Joaquim in Catalan — same name
- Joaquín in Spanish — same name
- Joachim in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Massachusetts, California.
Joaquims among us
people named Joaquim are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Joaquim
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 Cloud test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Joaquim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cloud climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cloud's path sketches the road Joaquim is walking now.
Joaquim 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 Joaquim is headed
Joaquim should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
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.
Joaquim beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Joaquim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- Quim is a complete short form in Portuguese and Catalan.
- Recognized across Portugal, Brazil, Catalonia and beyond.
- The final m is a nasal vowel that English speakers will say as a consonant.
- Joaquín with an accent is the Spanish form and far more common in America.
- The Quim short form is an offensive word in British English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Joaquims are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Joaquim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Joaquim in 2025?
- Joaquim ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Joaquim?
- About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Joaquim — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Joaquim with classmates?
- Joaquim will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Joaquim
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