Shakeem
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Shakeem by the numbers
Shakeem was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 60 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Shakeem
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 Shakeem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shakeelhandsome, beautiful, well-formed5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaheem16 in the US (2017)
- Saleemsafe, peaceful, healthy14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaheenfalcon; royal bird18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaheedmartyr, witness to faith16 in the US (2017)
- Shareefnoble; distinguished; honorable13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shakeem
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