Akim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-KEEM
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Akim is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
Where does Akim come from?
Russian form of Joachim, or a spelling of Arabic Hakim
Is Akim a girl's or a boy's name?
Akim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Akim, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 33 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Akim than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Akim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Akim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Akim 17
- Akeem 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Akim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Akim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Akim, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Akim in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were given Akim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,556, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
- Akeem 71
- Akim 21
Akim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
Names like Akim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ibrahim Musa Ahmed Abdullah Amir Hamza Umar Mustafa Arham Zayd Raheem
Other spellings of Akim
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Akim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akim, updated 20 October 2026.