Rakim
Rakim is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199294 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1981
- 1,308people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,308 boys have been named Rakim in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 94 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 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 43%.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Rakim was outside the top 1,000 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 Rakim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rakeempeak 1992
- Shadowpeak 1993
- Dijonpeak 1991
- Demarkuspeak 1991
- Najeepeak 1993
- Ladarriuspeak 1992
- Kodypeak 1993
- Jeanlucpeak 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.