# Hakeem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hakeem/  
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 | 6,299 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,299 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 909, 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 | 70 | 1,977 |
| 2012 | 77 | 1,887 |
| 2013 | 90 | 1,671 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,985 |
| 2015 | 160 | 1,162 |
| 2016 | 237 | 910 |
| 2017 | 198 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,068 |
| 2020 | 227 | 959 |
| 2021 | 173 | 1,157 |
| 2022 | 189 | 1,122 |
| 2023 | 178 | 1,164 |
| 2024 | 156 | 1,263 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,502 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 36 | 870 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 43 | 753 |
| 2020 | 38 | 812 |
| 2021 | 49 | 704 |
| 2022 | 44 | 746 |
| 2023 | 69 | 550 |
| 2024 | 69 | 552 |
| 2025 | 66 | 585 |

## People named Hakeem

- Hakeem Jeffries, American politician (born 1970)
- Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, caliph of the Ahmadiyya
- Hakeem Nicks, American football player
- Hakeem Araba, Footballer (born 1991)
- Chamillionaire, American rapper (born 1979)
- Kyle Edwards, English association football player (born 1998)

## 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.