Masculine dossier · first seen 1975

Rakeem

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

183

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1975Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

88.5%

2024

All-time

2,152

Rakeem 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 1992, when 183 boys were named Rakeem.

In 2024, only 21 boys were given the name.

Down 88.5% from its peak.

All told, about 2,152 Americans have been named Rakeem and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1975.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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