Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rakeem

#2,971 most common boys' name of all time · #7,206 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#2,971
Rank overall
#7,206 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
2,182
Since 2016
349
Peak year
1992 #773
Best rank
#773 1992
Girls Boys peak 183/yr
198020002020

Rakeem first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 30 30 #3,698
2024 — 21 21 #4,771
2023 — 39 39 #3,145
2022 — 25 25 #4,233
2021 — 43 43 #2,889
2020 — 42 42 #2,860
2019 — 38 38 #3,125
2018 — 37 37 #3,138
2017 — 34 34 #3,348
2016 — 40 40 #2,960
2015 — 31 31 #3,553
2014 — 24 24 #4,194
2013 — 31 31 #3,444
2012 — 37 37 #3,091
2011 — 23 23 #4,281
2010 — 24 24 #4,169
2009 — 26 26 #3,977
2008 — 31 31 #3,521
2007 — 24 24 #4,182
2006 — 20 20 #4,600
2005 — 32 32 #3,210
2004 — 16 16 #5,127
2003 — 15 15 #5,137
2002 — 23 23 #3,740
2001 — 33 33 #2,847
2000 — 46 46 #2,191
1999 — 47 47 #2,054
1998 — 68 68 #1,570
1997 — 62 62 #1,643
1996 — 82 82 #1,331
1995 — 130 130 #976
1994 — 112 112 #1,058
1993 — 131 131 #940
1992 — 183 183 #773
1991 — 158 158 #825
1990 — 121 121 #946
1989 — 126 126 #906
1988 — 55 55 #1,424
1987 — 29 29 #2,112
1986 — 14 14 #3,409
1985 — 9 9 #4,614
1984 — 12 12 #3,664
1983 — 5 5 #6,936
1982 — 10 10 #4,193
1981 — 5 5 #6,908
1980 — 10 10 #4,095
1979 — 10 10 #4,039
1978 — 12 12 #3,392
1975 — 6 6 #5,445