Fun Facts About the Name Hakim
- More than 2 thousand babies named Hakim: U.S. records list 2,361 babies given the name Hakim from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hakim Mean?
Hakim is an Arabic masculine name meaning "wise" or "wise man," and often "physician." It comes from the Arabic root ḥ-k-m, which concerns judging, ruling, and wisdom. The form ḥakīm (حكيم) is an intensive adjective from that root, describing someone characterized by ḥikmah (wisdom). In Arabic usage it can mean "wise," "sage," or "physician," since a skilled healer was traditionally regarded as wise. A closely related form, ḥākim, means "judge" or "ruler." Because both forms are often transliterated as Hakim, some bearers of the name may reflect ḥākim, but the given name is usually understood from ḥakīm. In Islamic tradition, al-Ḥakīm ("The Wise") is one of the names of God, and the human name appears in compounds such as ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm ("servant of the Wise").
Hakim Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Arabic naming tradition, in which personal names are often built from roots and divine attributes. The root ḥ-k-m also yields words such as ḥukm (judgment, rule) and ḥikmah (wisdom). As Arabic spread with Islam, the word ḥakīm entered Persian, Turkish, and Urdu. In Persian and Urdu, hakim became a common term for a physician, especially a practitioner of traditional Greco-Arabic (Unani) medicine; in Turkish the related form hekim means physician. This occupational sense reinforced the name's association with healing.
As a personal name, Hakim is used in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, and Hakeem is a frequent English spelling variant. The related ḥākim form appears in titles and names such as the Fatimid caliph al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh (reigned 996 - 1021), whose title means "Ruler by God's Command"; this shows the same root in a political rather than medical sense. The two vocalizations are distinct in Arabic, even when English transliteration makes them look identical.
How Popular is the Name Hakim?
Hakim recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1976. Its best rank was #880 in 1976.
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 | #2,777 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2024 | #2,398 | 58 | 0.0034% |
| 2023 | #2,968 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 2022 | #3,296 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2021 | #3,763 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #2,995 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2019 | #3,935 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #3,559 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #3,337 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2016 | #3,813 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #4,116 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #3,405 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #3,693 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #3,474 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #3,268 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #4,903 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #4,640 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #3,307 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #3,182 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #2,767 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2004 | #2,970 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #2,952 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2002 | #2,269 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2001 | #2,260 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2000 | #1,977 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 1999 | #2,370 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #2,025 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1997 | #2,365 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #3,053 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #2,314 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #1,621 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1993 | #1,706 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 1992 | #1,585 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 1991 | #2,069 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #1,442 | 61 | 0.0030% |
| 1989 | #1,841 | 41 | 0.0020% |
| 1988 | #1,653 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1987 | #1,989 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1986 | #1,742 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1985 | #1,531 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #1,704 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1983 | #1,280 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1982 | #1,300 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1981 | #1,279 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1980 | #1,206 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 1979 | #1,079 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 1978 | #1,102 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 1977 | #1,115 | 61 | 0.0037% |
| 1976 | #880 | 90 | 0.0057% |
| 1975 | #1,121 | 57 | 0.0037% |
| 1974 | #1,301 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 1973 | #1,244 | 44 | 0.0028% |
| 1972 | #1,398 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 1971 | #2,159 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #1,958 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1969 | #2,756 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #2,979 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #3,370 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #3,084 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,079 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,780 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #2,927 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,928 | 9 | 0.0004% |
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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