Rakeem

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rakeem: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rakeem: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,048 in 2000, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1048highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2022
1998	#1485
1999	#1383
2000	#1048
2001	#1202
2002	#2636
2003	#1962
2004	#2070
2005	#2174
2006	#4052
2007	#2741
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2013	#4685
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#2052
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#3334
2021	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1048 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rakeem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rakeem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	68	10 of 10	7
2010s	53	9 of 10	6
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rakeem appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1048 in England and Wales in 2000.

Rakeem's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,048, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dyfan · #1048, 29y
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Raza · #1048, 28y
Suhaib · #1048, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dyfan · #1048, 29y
Imad · #1048, 29y
Raza · #1048, 28y
Suhaib · #1048, 29y

Rakeem and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rakeem without appearing here.

Rakeem moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2052 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Rakeem

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Rakeem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Rakeem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakeem went from #1591 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1048 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rakeem

Rakeem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rakeem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rakeem appears in

Popularity data

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Rakeem at a glance

Rakeem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rakeem appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rakeem and the names beside it

Rakeem moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rakeem

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