Jakeem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-KEEM
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Jakeem is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Jakeem come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps modelled on Hakeem
Is Jakeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakeem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakeem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Jakeem, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Jakeem than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jakeem in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakeem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Jakeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir, Hamza, Zahir, Musa, Muhammad, Zamir, Ibrahim, Raheem, Ahmad, Amir, Zayd, Abdullah
Names related to Jakeem
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Jakeem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakeem, updated 20 October 2026.