Rakeem
Rakeem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 773rd, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1992183 births
- Best rank
- #773in 1992
- Since 1975
- 2,152people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,152 boys have been named Rakeem in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 183 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 51%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Rakeem was the 773rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Rakeem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dijonpeak 1991
- Rakimpeak 1992
- Najeepeak 1993
- Shadowpeak 1993
- Laquanpeak 1991
- Denzelpeak 1993
- Codiepeak 1993
- Codypeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.