boys:
2.3k births since 1962
#2657 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1962
#5542 (28th percentile)
The name Hakim is the #5,542 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,256 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 28.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,657 (42.0% percentile) for all time with 2,256 births since 1962.
Hakim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for boys in 1962).
For boys, Hakim reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #571) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 55 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Hakim ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 40.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hakim".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hakim", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Hakeem" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Hakeem..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Hakim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Hakim is pronounced as hah-KEEM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is huh-KEEM, at 32.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AA0 K IY1 M) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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