How Many People Are Named Hakeem?
people named Hakeem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 55,638 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,299 babies named Hakeem in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
279 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of HAKIM. A famous bearer is Nigerian-born former basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon (1963-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hakeem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hakeem alive today is about 21 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hakeem first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1989, to 279 babies. In 2025, 117 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hakeem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #585, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,502.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,502 |
| Best rank | #585 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #718 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hakeem alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hakeem were born in New York than in any other state: about 590 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hakeem was given 3.8 times as often in South Carolina, 2.5 times in Louisiana and 2.4 times in Georgia.
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