Given name & surname
Hakim
“one who is wise; intelligent”
Hakim is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is wise; intelligent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is wise; intelligent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”); its root is Arabic ح ك م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hakim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,361
- 2,361 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #2,777 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,777 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 90 in 1976. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,250 as a first name in 2020; 3,905 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hakim’s family of names
In English usage, Hakim has an alternative spelling in Akeem. In English usage, Hakim has a related form in Akeem. Hakim has a related form in Hakeem.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hakim has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hakim
- Hakim ZiyechMoroccan-Dutch footballer (born 1993)
- Hakim WarrickAmerican basketball player (born 1982)
- Hakim ibn Hizamcompanion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad599–674
- Hakim AbdallahFrench and Malagasy footballerborn 1998
- Hakim SahaboRwandan footballerborn 2005
- Syed Zillur RahmanIndian scholar of Unani medicine (born 1940)
- Hakim MedaneAlgerian footballer (born 1966)
- Hakim NouryMoroccan film directorborn 1952
- Hakim SadiAlgerian athleteborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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