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Akeem

“Variant of Hakeem — Wise; ruler” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #2077 in the US (2025) · 90s

Akeem has appeared in US records since 1972 — best rank #405 (1990) · 6,825 babies named Akeem all-time · 1 in 25,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Akeems

• Akeem Latifu — Nigerian footballer
• Akeem Adams — Trinidadian association football player (1991-2013)
• Akeem Haynes — Olympic runner
• Akeem Agbetu — Nigerian footballer
• Akeem Bloomfield — Jamaican sprinter

What Akeems become

Among 73 notable people named Akeem:

Athletes appear 3.98× more often than among typical names — e.g. Akeem Latifu, Nigerian footballer.

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