Akeem

Where Akeem comes from

Alternative spelling of Hakim.
— Wiktionary's entry for Akeem
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #4,441 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Akeem Agbetu born
    Nigerian footballer
  3. 1989
    Akeem Latifu born
    Nigerian footballer
  4. 1990
    Peak, #405
    570 babies named Akeem — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #660.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, variant of Hakim.
Namesakes
  • Akeem Latifu · Nigerian footballer, born 1989
  • Akeem Agbetu · Nigerian footballer, born 1988
  • Akeem Haynes · Olympic runner, born 1992
  • Akeem Bloomfield · Jamaican sprinter, born 1997
  • Akeem Vargas · German basketball player, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.