Shakeema
Feminine
Shakeema is an American name of the seventies and eighties, three syllables with a long ee at its heart. It sounds close to the Arabic Hakima, 'wise', but it is not a form of it; it is its own American build.
How old is the name Shakeema?
Shakeema first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Shakeema alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 600 people named Shakeema are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shakeema most popular?
Shakeema peaked in 1984, reaching #2574 nationally. See the whole 1984 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Shakeema
Shakeema sounds like a name with Arabic in it, and the echo is real even if the descent is not. In Arabic and Persian a hakim is a wise man and also a physician — the traditional doctors of Unani medicine in South Asia are still called hakims — and Hakima is the feminine. Shakeema was built in America from the bright Sha- of its day and a -keema that carries the same long ee. It is a name that sounds thoughtful, and that is its own achievement.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Shakeema joins Sha- to a -keema ending; nothing records its source. It resembles the Arabic Hakima, 'wise woman', but is not documented as coming from it.
Pronouncing Shakeema
shuh-KEE-muh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Shakeema
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 199347 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2574reached in 1984
- Change vs 2003
- −44.4%5 in 2005, from 9
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.
Shakeemas among us
people named Shakeema are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shakeema sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Easy to say once heard.
- Rare, so a Shakeema is unlikely to share her name.
- Has a strong, clear rhythm.
- Shakima and Shakeemah are likely guesses, so it will need spelling out.
- Keema is also the word for minced meat in South Asian cooking, which some people will know.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shakeemas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Shakeema are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shakeema in 2025?
- Shakeema is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Shakeema will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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