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Kareem

Pronounced /kəˈɹiːm/

Rank in 2024
#675
Born in 2024
403
Peak year
1980 · #375
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 403 boys were named Kareem, about 1 in every 4,256.
  • It peaked in 1980 with 459 babies, ranked #375.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1964.
  • 17,776 boys have been named Kareem since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kareem per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 8 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,436 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,869 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,981 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,482 babies, 0.21 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name from Arabic, variant of Karim.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
/kəˈɹiːm/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kareem, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Karim

    Rank
    #817
    Born '24
    305
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Karam

    Rank
    #1,372
    Born '24
    137
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024