Kareemah

Peak · girls
1980 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
361
since 1975

Kareemah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kareemah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,719, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#13,2086
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2013#11,9698
2012#16,8695
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2010#12,2768
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2008#17,5045
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2006#13,6067
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2004#12,7617
2003#15,7845
2002#13,5956
2001#10,1029
2000#11,8017
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1998#10,1228
1997#5,86816
1996#6,06415
1995#8,7669
1994#9,5868
1993#6,26414
1992#8,06510
1991#6,97612
1990#8,5019
1989#8,7618
1988#9,2447
1987#7,9878
1986#7,1349
1985#6,45710
1984#5,22213
1983#3,94919
1982#5,20913
1981#5,57112
1980#3,71921
1979#4,84214
1978#4,07917
1977#3,91118
1976#4,61413
1975#9,0675
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five girls were named Kareemah! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kareemah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kareemah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kareemah
Momentum · girls
Brand new
    Rise & fade · girls
    5 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1975
    • Peaked 1980 at #3,719 (21 births)
    • Births halved by 1985, 5 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 79,062
    • Highest: 1 in 79,062 girls born in 1980 were named Kareemah (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
    Era · girls
    The 1980s
    • 33.2% of all girls named Kareemah (120) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1970s67#3,911 (1977)#5,303
    1980s120#3,719 (1980)#6,325
    1990s101#5,868 (1997)#7,801
    2000s46#10,102 (2001)#13,593
    2010s21#11,969 (2013)#13,705
    2020s6#13,208 (2025)#13,208

    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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