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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jakeem

Jakeem was the 5291st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 1903rd with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,243 places. More babies were named Jakeem in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#5,291 boys, down 1,920 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
18boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200259 babies
Total since 1880
1,160babies recorded

Jakeem popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#5,29118
2020#3,37133
2010#3,57430
2000#2,94630
1990#3,22819
1980#5,8356
1970——
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How popular is Jakeem, counting every spelling?

Jakeem has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Jakeem?

18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jakeem (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jakeem born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jakeem.

Chance of another Jakeem in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Jakeem?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Jakeem are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 10 and 27. That makes Jakeem mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jakeem by state

How common Jakeem was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jakeem, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jakeem: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jakeem, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jakeem

How popular is the name Jakeem?

Jakeem was the 5291st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 1903rd with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,243 places. More babies were named Jakeem in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Jakeem a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jakeem in the US.

Where is Jakeem most popular?

In 2021–2025, Jakeem was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys).