Fun Facts About the Name Hakeem
- More than 6 thousand babies named Hakeem: U.S. records list 6,295 babies given the name Hakeem from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hakeem Mean?
Hakeem is an Arabic name meaning "wise" or "wise one." It is a variant English spelling of the Arabic name Hakim, from the adjective ḥakīm (حكيم). The root ḥ-k-m has to do with judging, deciding, and ruling; related Arabic words include ḥukm (judgment, rule), ḥikmah (wisdom), and ḥākim (ruler, judge). In Islamic tradition, al-Ḥakīm, "the Wise," is one of the names of God. The basic sense of the name is "wise" or "sage." A secondary sense, "physician," comes from the idea of a learned or wise healer and is especially common in Persian and Urdu, where hakim can mean a doctor, particularly a practitioner of traditional medicine. The spelling Hakeem represents the long ī sound with an English "ee," while Hakim is a more direct transliteration.
Hakeem Name History & Origins
Hakim, the Arabic form behind Hakeem, appears in classical Arabic biographical works as a given name and as an honorific for a wise man, judge, or scholar. Its use as a personal name belongs to the broad Islamic practice of naming with meaningful Arabic words, including words that echo divine attributes. The form al-Ḥakīm is used in the Quran as an attribute of God, and the same word was adopted in regnal titles, including by the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996 - 1021). In Persian and Urdu, hakim developed the occupational meaning "physician," and the title was used for doctors and medical writers, especially practitioners of Unani medicine in South Asia. The spelling Hakeem became one of the common English transliterations of the name, using "ee" for the long ī. It is the same name as Hakim, not a separate derivation, and it is found in modern English-speaking countries as both a given name and a surname.
How Popular is the Name Hakeem?
Hakeem recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1989. Its best rank was #586 in 1989.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,502 | 117 | 0.0068% |
| 2024 | #1,260 | 156 | 0.0091% |
| 2023 | #1,165 | 177 | 0.0104% |
| 2022 | #1,126 | 188 | 0.0108% |
| 2021 | #1,157 | 173 | 0.0099% |
| 2020 | #959 | 227 | 0.0132% |
| 2019 | #1,072 | 190 | 0.0106% |
| 2018 | #1,061 | 191 | 0.0105% |
| 2017 | #1,021 | 198 | 0.0107% |
| 2016 | #910 | 237 | 0.0125% |
| 2015 | #1,162 | 160 | 0.0083% |
| 2014 | #1,985 | 72 | 0.0037% |
| 2013 | #1,676 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2012 | #1,887 | 77 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #1,977 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 2010 | #1,887 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2009 | #1,929 | 74 | 0.0037% |
| 2008 | #1,922 | 75 | 0.0037% |
| 2007 | #1,930 | 73 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #1,847 | 74 | 0.0036% |
| 2005 | #1,746 | 76 | 0.0038% |
| 2004 | #1,636 | 79 | 0.0040% |
| 2003 | #1,503 | 86 | 0.0044% |
| 2002 | #1,510 | 83 | 0.0043% |
| 2001 | #1,187 | 115 | 0.0059% |
| 2000 | #1,077 | 132 | 0.0067% |
| 1999 | #1,034 | 134 | 0.0070% |
| 1998 | #788 | 194 | 0.0102% |
| 1997 | #703 | 226 | 0.0120% |
| 1996 | #678 | 241 | 0.0127% |
| 1995 | #668 | 247 | 0.0130% |
| 1994 | #638 | 265 | 0.0137% |
| 1993 | #822 | 166 | 0.0085% |
| 1992 | #729 | 201 | 0.0101% |
| 1991 | #653 | 243 | 0.0120% |
| 1990 | #612 | 270 | 0.0131% |
| 1989 | #586 | 279 | 0.0139% |
| 1988 | #1,274 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 1987 | #1,347 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 1986 | #2,024 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1985 | #1,708 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1984 | #1,331 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1983 | #1,669 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1982 | #2,295 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #1,828 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1980 | #1,780 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1979 | #1,445 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1978 | #1,702 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1977 | #1,656 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 1976 | #1,722 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 1975 | #1,908 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1974 | #2,500 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #2,772 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,445 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #3,474 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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You attract success and money. You are a lover of nature and do not need others for your happiness. You are self sufficient. You strive for material success and power and have business sense. You possess strong organizational abilities, can be a good manager, and executive by nature. You are capable of great achievement in business and finance. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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