Nakeem
#11,576 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nakeem has been given to 197 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #11,576 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 13 recorded.
Babies named Nakeem, 2025
1 in 553,000
Nakeem over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Nakeem?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,576
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nakeem sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nakeem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nakeems were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nakeem was born before 2002 — so the typical Nakeem is around 23 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 37.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 52.8%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 197
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (74).
Is Nakeem rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −24
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 46.2%
- Peak was 2002 (13)
- Years since peak
- 23
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.8% average annual change
Spellings of Nakeem
Nakeem is not the most common spelling — Kareem is, with 27.7% against Nakeem's 0.30%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Nakeem by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Nakeem
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nakeem
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.