Akeem Boy
How popular is Akeem?
#2,077 boy name in 2025
71 baby boys were named Akeem in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name.
Akeem popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,077 for boys (▼ 605 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,453 in 2015, #1,262 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (570 boys) |
| Highest rank | #404 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akeem counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akeem family of names ranked #1,688 for boys in 2025 (#1,185 the year before), with 76 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akeem | 71 | 93% |
| Ahkeem | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Akeem is most popular
Babies named Akeem per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 boys)
Akeem by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 | #2,909 |
| 1980s | 1,796 | #440 |
| 1990s | 2,372 | #404 |
| 2000s | 722 | #1,548 |
| 2010s | 1,159 | #1,191 |
| 2020s | 718 | #1,262 |
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Questions
- Is Akeem a boy or girl name?
- Akeem is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Akeem were boys.
- How popular is the name Akeem?
- 71 baby boys were named Akeem in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name.
- When was Akeem most popular?
- Akeem peaked in 1990, when 570 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #404 in 1990.
- How many people are named Akeem?
- 6,825 babies have been named Akeem in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,634 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Akeem most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akeem was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.