Kareema
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 792since 1972
Kareema over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kareema has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
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| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Kareema! It came in at #4,793, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015–2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kareema is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kareema in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kareema
Momentum · girls
Brand new
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1984 at #2,677 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49,524
- Highest: 1 in 49,524 girls born in 1984 were named Kareema (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.8% of all girls named Kareema (244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 120 | #3,637 (1978) | #4,381 |
| 1980s | 227 | #2,677 (1984) | #3,803 |
| 1990s | 244 | #3,343 (1992) | #4,432 |
| 2000s | 143 | #5,705 (2000) | #8,068 |
| 2010s | 53 | #9,790 (2010) | #12,854 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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