Nakeem
Boy · nah-KEEM
Nakeem is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Nakeem come from?
- Say it
- nah-KEEM
Is Nakeem a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakeem 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 Nakeem 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 Nakeem, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Nakeem in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakeem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
Names like Nakeem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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