Boys' name · since 1990
Rakem
Rakem has 26 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rakem is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1990.
Rakem has 26 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1990 to 2016.
- #27,047 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakem ranks #27,047 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rakem's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rakem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rakem's full recorded timeline at 1996, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rakem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2016
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Rakem by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 81% of the file).
1990s was Rakem's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Rakem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Rakem's decade-level peak was the 1990s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rakem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1990–2016 (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 Rakem 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.