Rakeem

Where Rakeem comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rakeem.

Rakeem through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #4,797 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Rakeem Buckles born
    American basketball player
  3. 1991
    Rakeem Christmas born
    American basketball player
  4. 1992
    Peak, #770
    183 babies named Rakeem, the most in any year.
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,321.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Rakeem Christmas · American basketball player, born 1991
  • Rakeem Buckles · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Rakeem Nunez-Roches · American football player, born 1993

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.