Masculine dossier · first seen 1972

Akeem

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Akeem
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

570

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1972Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

78.6%

2024

122

All-time

6,753

Akeem has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 570 boys were named Akeem.

In 2024, only 122 boys were given the name.

Down 78.6% from its peak.

All told, about 6,753 Americans have been named Akeem and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1972.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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