Kadeem

Where Kadeem comes from

Kadeem hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1965
    Kadeem Hardison born
    American actor
  2. 1988
    First appearance
    #1,467 among boys, 52 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1991
    Peak, #498
    391 babies named Kadeem — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Kadeem Harris born
    English association football player
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #776.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kadeem Hardison · American actor, born 1965
  • Kadeem Harris · English association football player, born 1993
  • Kadeem Allen · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Kadeem Coleby · Bahamian basketball player, born 1989
  • Kadeem Jack · American basketball player, born 1992

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.