Karem
- Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #7,605
- Given to girls 64.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 233since 1973
Karem over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
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| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Karem! It came in at #6,666, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karem is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karem in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karem
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1993 at #5,673 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 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 113,067
- Highest: 1 in 113,067 girls born in 1993 were named Karem (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 40.8% of all girls named Karem (95) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
- Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14 | #6,666 (1973) | #6,920 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,788 (1987) | #8,726 |
| 1990s | 95 | #5,673 (1993) | #8,221 |
| 2000s | 79 | #8,259 (2004) | #11,578 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,448 (2010) | #13,448 |
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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