Rakim
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Rakim by the numbers
Rakim was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 94 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Rakim
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 Rakim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rahimmerciful; compassionate40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rahkim7 in the US (2017)
- Rakeemmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rahiltraveler; a form of Raheel or Rahl6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raheimmerciful, compassionate; a form of Rahim17 in the US (2017)
- Ruvimbehold a son; a form of reuben15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Rakim
Names that are said the same way as Rakim, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rahkeemcompassionate, merciful; a modern form of raheem10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rakim
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