Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rakeem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rakeem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,182
- 2,182 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 183 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,733 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,733 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 183 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,340 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rakeem’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rakeem
- Rakeem ChristmasAmerican basketball playerborn 1991
- Rakeem BucklesAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Rakeem Nuñez-RochesAmerican football playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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