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Akeem

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

Boy's name · #2078 in the US (2025) · 90s

Akeem's best rank, #405, came in 1990; it has stepped well back to #2078 today. Roughly 6,800 boys have been named Akeem since 1972.

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:

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

Similar names: Hakeem · Jaleel · Akai · Raheem · Naeem · Hashim

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