Abdul-Hakeem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AB-dul-ha-KEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Abdul-Hakeem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the + wise”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Abdul-Hakeem mean?
Arabic: Abdul + Hakeem
“servant of the + wise”
Joins Abdul (Arabic, “servant of the”) and Hakeem (Arabic, “wise”).
Meanings borrowed from Abdul and Hakeem.
Is Abdul-Hakeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdul-Hakeem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdul-Hakeem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Abdul-Hakeem, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdul-Hakeem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Abdul-Hakeem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Abdul-Hakeem 9
- Abdulhakeem 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Abdul-Hakeem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Names like Abdul-Hakeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Zayd, Mustafa, Musa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Raheem, Zayaan, Arham, Amir, Huzaifa
Other spellings of Abdul-Hakeem
Abdulhakeem
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abdul-Hakeem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdul-hakeem, updated 20 October 2026.