Rakim
#4,051 most common boys' name of all time · #9,915 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1981–2025
Rank among boys
#4,051
Rank overall
#9,915 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,322
Since 2016
219
Peak year
1992 #1,139
Best rank
#1,139 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 94/yr
Rakim first appears in 1981. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,585 |
| 2024 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,490 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,969 |
| 2022 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,937 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,548 |
| 2020 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,354 |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,934 |
| 2018 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,542 |
| 2017 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,677 |
| 2016 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,489 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2014 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,753 |
| 2013 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,450 |
| 2012 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,599 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,168 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,157 |
| 2009 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,675 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,395 |
| 2007 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,460 |
| 2005 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,147 |
| 2004 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,351 |
| 2003 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,802 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,239 |
| 2001 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,116 |
| 2000 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,906 |
| 1999 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,777 |
| 1998 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,714 |
| 1997 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,388 |
| 1996 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,945 |
| 1994 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,731 |
| 1993 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1992 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,139 |
| 1991 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,296 |
| 1990 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,237 |
| 1989 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,293 |
| 1988 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,163 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,511 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,542 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,229 |