Boys' name · since 1989
Nakeem
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 197 babies named Nakeem, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,094 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nakeem currently ranks #11094 among boys' names in America, with 197 babies recorded since 1989.
Nakeem has 197 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11094 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #13,069 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,094 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakeem ranks #13,069 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,094 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 197 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,094 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nakeem's 197 recorded births place it above 71.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nakeem compares
197 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nakeem's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nakeem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nakeem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nakeem's full recorded timeline at 2004, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nakeem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Nakeem by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Nakeem's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nakeem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Nakeem's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakeem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nakeem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.