Boys' name · since 1999
Zakeem
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Zakeem, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,270 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zakeem currently ranks #11270 among boys' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 1999.
Zakeem has 40 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11270 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #23,807 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,270 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakeem ranks #23,807 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,270 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 40 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,270 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zakeem's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakeem compares
40 14th 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
Zakeem's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakeem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zakeem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zakeem's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zakeem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Zakeem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zakeem's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zakeem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakeem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
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, 1999–2025 (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 Zakeem 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.