Akeem
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from Arabic, variant of Hakim
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/acʰim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Akeem is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country, where it is the 98th most common given name.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 780(inferred from the name graph)
- GYGuyana1 in 922
- USUnited States1 in 63K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Akeem itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 318 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 780 (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled อาคม in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from Arabic, variant of Hakim.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Akeem counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #98 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 780 | — | Akeem | 106 |
| TH Thailand | #505 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | #808,213 | อาคม | 95 |
| US United States | — | 5,312 | 1 in 63K | 5.3K | Akeem | 318 |
| GY Guyana | #38 | 814 | 1 in 922 | 814 | Akeem | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 114K | listed | Akeem | 120 |
| JM Jamaica | #199 | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Akeem | 17 |
| MD Moldova | — | 130as Achim | 1 in 26K | 130 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Akeem Scottb. 1983USAmerican basketball player
- Akeem Dentb. 1987USAmerican football player
- Troy Gillenwaterb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- Akeem Latifub. 1989NGNigerian footballer
- Akeem Ayersb. 1989USAmerican football player (born 1989)
- Dever Orgillb. 1990JMnot in their usual nameJamaican association football player
- Akeem van Flodropb. 1991DEactor
- Akeem Haynesb. 1992CAOlympic runner
- Akeem Bloomfieldb. 1997JMJamaican sprinter
- AJ Johnsonb. 2004USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.3K | #3,754 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 814 | #88 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 71 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26 | #3,754 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Akeem mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from Arabic, variant of Hakim. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Akeem?
- A machine transcription gives /acʰim/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Akeem a male or female name?
- Akeem is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Akeem have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 274 thousand people named Akeem in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled akeem.
- How common is the name Akeem?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,312 people named Akeem in 2020, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
- How common is Akeem compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Akeem is the 98th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Akeem?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/akeemThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Akeem” — the 98th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.