Jakim

Peak · boys
1984 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
186
since 1981

Jakim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jakim has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,561, 1984boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2022#10,8636
2021#8,8258
2020#8,0679
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2016#9,6647
2015#10,6446
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2013#12,1365
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2011#8,0799
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2009#12,4915
2008#9,8717
2007#7,59010
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2004#11,3565
2003#6,25811
2002#6,08811
2001#6,9359
2000#5,58812
1999#8,7046
1998#7,5607
1997#7,2817
1996#6,4968
1995#6,4078
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five boys were named Jakim! It came in at #6,262, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jakim is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jakim in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jakim
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 1984 at #5,561 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 163,667
  • Highest: 1 in 163,667 boys born in 2000 were named Jakim (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,561 in 1984, was only 1 in 300,808 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 37.6% of all boys named Jakim (70) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s18#5,561 (1984)#6,017
1990s48#6,407 (1995)#7,381
2000s70#5,588 (2000)#8,272
2010s27#8,079 (2011)#10,131
2020s23#8,067 (2020)#9,252

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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