Ikeem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-KEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Ikeem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wise”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Ikeem mean?
Arabic: probably a variant of Akeem, from Hakim
“wise”
Is Ikeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Ikeem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ikeem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Ikeem, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Ikeem in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ikeem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
Names like Ikeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raheem Hamza Ahmad Muhammad Hakeem Zahir Ibrahim Amir Abdullah Samir Mustafa Zayd
Names related to Ikeem
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ikeem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ikeem, updated 20 October 2026.