Jakeem

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jakeem by the numbers

Jakeem was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 59 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jakeem

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jakeem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaheem31 in the US (2017)
  • Jahkeem13 in the US (2017)
  • Jameelbeautiful or handsome10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janeegod is gracious7 in the US (2017)
  • Jaseerbold, daring6 in the US (2017)
  • Jakebsupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jakeem

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