Hakeem

Where Hakeem comes from

Alternative spelling of Hakim.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hakeem
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1963
    Hakeem Olajuwon born
    Nigerian-American basketball player
  2. 1970
    Hakeem Jeffries born
    American politician
  3. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1989
    Peak, #586
    279 babies named Hakeem — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,032.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Hakeem Olajuwon · Nigerian-American basketball player, born 1963
  • Hakeem Jeffries · American politician, born 1970
  • Hakeem Noor-ud-Din · caliph of the Ahmadiyya, 1841–1914
  • Hakeem Nicks · American football player, born 1988
  • Hakeem Shaker · Iraqi footballer, born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.