Jakim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-kim
Jakim is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Jakim a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakim is a boys' name.
How popular is Jakim in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Jakim in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Jakim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Hamza Jamir Zahir Zamir Ahmad Musa Muhammad Qasim Salim Nazir Amir
Names related to Jakim
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, “Jakim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakim, updated 20 October 2026.