Kareem
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547 · #701 for boys in 2025, 383 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 449 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,161since 1964
Kareem over time
Rank among boys' names. Kareem has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #701 | 383 | |
| 2024 | — | #675 | 405 | |
| 2023 | — | #628 | 442 | |
| 2022 | — | #670 | 407 | |
| 2021 | — | #696 | 382 | |
| 2020 | — | #638 | 419 | |
| 2019 | — | #672 | 386 | |
| 2018 | — | #696 | 347 | |
| 2017 | — | #700 | 352 | |
| 2016 | — | #708 | 345 | |
| 2015 | — | #731 | 334 | |
| 2014 | — | #751 | 315 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #682 | 352 |
| 2012 | — | #743 | 311 | |
| 2011 | — | #740 | 306 | |
| 2010 | — | #698 | 334 | |
| 2009 | — | #740 | 314 | |
| 2008 | — | #739 | 309 | |
| 2007 | — | #730 | 314 | |
| 2006 | — | #714 | 303 | |
| 2005 | — | #700 | 294 | |
| 2004 | — | #618 | 346 | |
| 2003 | — | #662 | 299 | |
| 2002 | — | #622 | 316 | |
| 2001 | — | #606 | 324 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #620 | 303 |
| 1999 | — | #609 | 300 | |
| 1998 | — | #595 | 313 | |
| 1997 | — | #599 | 295 | |
| 1996 | — | #596 | 301 | |
| 1995 | — | #600 | 293 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #542 | 357 |
| 1993 | — | #576 | 317 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #548 | 348 |
| 1991 | — | #558 | 332 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #573 | 312 |
| 1989 | — | #561 | 298 | |
| 1988 | — | #538 | 289 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #526 | 292 |
| 1986 | — | #557 | 254 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #522 | 279 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #551 | 246 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #473 | 313 |
| 1982 | — | #473 | 319 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #467 | 317 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #373 | 459 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #422 | 358 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #408 | 361 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #367 | 449 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #398 | 380 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #379 | 417 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #438 | 326 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #501 | 242 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #405 | 378 |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kareem! It came in at #3,050, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kareem is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#114 · 1 in 845
- Pennsylvania#169 · 1 in 1,439
- New York#180 · 1 in 1,137
- South Carolina#273 · 1 in 2,046
- Michigan#324 · 1 in 4,016
Best ever in a state: #102 in New Jersey, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #114 | 49 | 1 in 845 |
| Pennsylvania | #169 | 51 | 1 in 1,439 |
| New York | #180 | 97 | 1 in 1,137 |
| South Carolina | #273 | 10 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Michigan | #324 | 16 | 1 in 4,016 |
| Kentucky | #341 | 6 | 1 in 4,551 |
| Virginia | #364 | 8 | 1 in 4,002 |
| Florida | #381 | 15 | 1 in 3,401 |
| Illinois | #415 | 17 | 1 in 4,670 |
| Ohio | #437 | 11 | 1 in 7,006 |
| Louisiana | #438 | 9 | 1 in 3,672 |
| Georgia | #497 | 7 | 1 in 5,394 |
| California | #667 | 17 | 1 in 9,937 |
| Texas | #720 | 11 | 1 in 10,465 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kareem
- 26 spots since 2024 (#675 → #701)
- 63 spots since 2020 (#638 → #701)
- 30 spots since 2015 (#731 → #701)
- Biggest jump: 849 spots in 1972 (#1,254 → #405)
- Biggest drop: 96 spots in 1973 (#405 → #501)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1977 at #367 (449 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,660 boys born in 1977 were named Kareem (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,460 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Kareem (3,382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,655 |
| 1970s | 2,967 | #367 (1977) | #731 |
| 1980s | 3,066 | #373 (1980) | #504 |
| 1990s | 3,168 | #542 (1994) | #580 |
| 2000s | 3,122 | #606 (2001) | #675 |
| 2010s | 3,382 | #672 (2019) | #712 |
| 2020s | 2,438 | #628 (2023) | #668 |
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.
Kareem in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 102,124 of them was named Kareem, which outranked 61.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,242Wanita16
- #4,242Xavier16
- #4,242Zenia16
- #4,459Kareem15
- #4,459Adelia15
- #4,459Akesha15
- #4,459Akira15
- #4,679Addy14
- #4,679Aiyana14
- #4,679Akila14
Tied with 219 names at #4,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,548 of them was named Kareem, which outranked 94.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.