Rakim
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,322since 1981
Rakim over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rakim has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #3,879 | 28 |
| 2021 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #4,476 | 22 |
| 2017 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #1,700 | 60 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #1,716 | 52 |
| 1993 | #1,554 | 58 |
| 1992 | #1,135 | 94 |
| 1991 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1989 | #1,281 | 72 |
| 1988 | #1,154 | 76 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five boys were named Rakim! It came in at #6,262, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rakim is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Rakim in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rakim
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,171 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 1992 at #1,135 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 3 yrs 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 21,249
- Highest: 1 in 21,249 boys born in 1992 were named Rakim (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 42.6% of all boys named Rakim (563) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1980s | 172 | #1,154 (1988) | #3,751 |
| 1990s | 563 | #1,135 (1992) | #1,798 |
| 2000s | 237 | #2,864 (2000) | #4,075 |
| 2010s | 221 | #3,405 (2013) | #4,606 |
| 2020s | 129 | #3,879 (2022) | #4,736 |
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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