# Akeem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akeem/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,825 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,825 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 408, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Alternative spelling of Hakim.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 1,796 |
| 2012 | 105 | 1,524 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,578 |
| 2014 | 92 | 1,670 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,453 |
| 2016 | 137 | 1,313 |
| 2017 | 156 | 1,191 |
| 2018 | 147 | 1,255 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,312 |
| 2020 | 145 | 1,262 |
| 2021 | 143 | 1,307 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,468 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,547 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,472 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,078 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Akeem

- Akeem Vargas, German basketball player (born 1990)
- Akeem Scott, American basketball player
- AJ Johnson, American basketball player (born 2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.