Hakeem
- Pronunciation
- [Ha-keem]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Wisdom; One Of God's Ninety-Nine Qualities
- Origin
- Arabic
Hakeem Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 6,178 baby boys have been named Hakeem. The name peaked in 1989 with 279 US births that year (rank #586). In 2024, ranked #1260 nationally — 674 places below its 1989 peak.
Top States for Hakeem
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Hakeem births are: New York (592), Florida (426), Pennsylvania (396).
Other Arabic-Origin Names Like Hakeem
If you like Hakeem's Arabic origin, consider these related names: Aaleyah, Aaliyah, Aban, Abbas, Abbud. Browse all Arabic names →
6-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Hakeem's exact length and starting letter: Habiba, Hacket, Hadara, Haddad, Hadden.
Quick Facts About Hakeem
US Popularity History (2016–2020)
Annual US births named Hakeem by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 237 boys named Hakeem (boy rank #910 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2020, ranked #959 for boys (227 US births). That's 49 places below its 2016 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Hakeem Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Hakeem the strongest states are Louisiana, Michigan, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #996 | 38 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #961 | 56 |
| 3 | Virginia | #940 | 44 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #872 | 26 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #871 | 20 |
| 6 | Georgia | #842 | 87 |
| 7 | Florida | #822 | 101 |
| 8 | Maryland | #809 | 16 |
| 9 | Missouri | #787 | 25 |
| 10 | Ohio | #768 | 56 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Hakeem in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakim | Amharic Of Tigrinya Of Ethiopia Name Meaning "Doctor, Medicine Man." Most Commonly Used By Muslim Ethiopians. | Male | African |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Hakeem against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).