Karam
- #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 137 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,631since 1977
Karam over time
Rank among boys' names. Karam has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,609 | 105 |
| 2024 | #1,371 | 137 |
| 2023 | #1,539 | 114 |
| 2022 | #1,792 | 91 |
| 2021 | #1,915 | 79 |
| 2020 | #1,685 | 93 |
| 2019 | #1,737 | 90 |
| 2018 | #1,717 | 91 |
| 2017 | #1,518 | 109 |
| 2016 | #2,012 | 71 |
| 2015 | #1,870 | 78 |
| 2014 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #2,424 | 51 |
| 2012 | #2,292 | 56 |
| 2011 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
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| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Karam! It came in at #4,164, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Karam is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#641 · 1 in 3,350
- Illinois#805 · 1 in 4,955
- Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
- California#1,299 · 1 in 12,534
Best ever in a state: #596 in Michigan, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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See more about Karam
- 238 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,609)
- 76 spots since 2020 (#1,685 → #1,609)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2024 at #1,371 (137 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,576 boys born in 2024 were named Karam (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 42.9% of all boys named Karam (699) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 14 | #4,164 (1977) | #4,760 |
| 1980s | 18 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,297 |
| 1990s | 85 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,564 |
| 2000s | 196 | #3,486 (2008) | #4,632 |
| 2010s | 699 | #1,518 (2017) | #2,112 |
| 2020s | 619 | #1,371 (2024) | #1,652 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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