Shakim — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shakim

The Social Security Administration has registered 430 babies named Shakim between 1976 and 2013, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shakim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakim performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shakim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 186 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakim in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakim in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 430 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.