Karim
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,084 for boys in 2025, 198 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 376 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,886since 1957
Karim over time
Rank among boys' names. Karim has never cracked the top 700 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,084 | 198 | |
| 2024 | — | #819 | 305 | |
| 2023 | — | #706 | 376 | |
| 2022 | — | #771 | 328 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,089 | 194 | |
| 2020 | — | #999 | 212 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,063 | 192 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,092 | 180 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,042 | 193 | |
| 2016 | — | #911 | 236 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,089 | 179 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,074 | 180 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,119 | 162 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,172 | 155 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,235 | 141 |
| 2010 | — | #1,179 | 153 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,182 | 153 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,325 | 131 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,380 | 119 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,273 | 131 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,282 | 120 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,183 | 131 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,159 | 129 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,160 | 122 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,191 | 114 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,370 | 92 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,303 | 93 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,237 | 98 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,096 | 115 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,347 | 80 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,380 | 73 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,421 | 68 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,254 | 82 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,321 | 73 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,252 | 78 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,228 | 76 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,259 | 60 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,419 | 49 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,258 | 58 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,110 | 66 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,144 | 62 |
| 1982 | — | #1,229 | 57 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,084 | 70 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,038 | 76 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #877 | 96 |
| 1977 | — | #863 | 97 | |
| 1976 | — | #866 | 93 | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #953 | 74 |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,223 | 46 |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Karim! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Karim is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#434 · 1 in 7,665
- New Jersey#518 · 1 in 7,312
- New York#593 · 1 in 8,336
- California#1,584 · 1 in 41,381
Best ever in a state: #236 in District of Columbia, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #434 | 10 | 1 in 7,665 |
| New Jersey | #518 | 6 | 1 in 7,312 |
| New York | #593 | 14 | 1 in 8,336 |
| California | #1,584 | 5 | 1 in 41,381 |
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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 Karim
- 265 spots since 2024 (#819 → #1,084)
- 85 spots since 2020 (#999 → #1,084)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#1,089 → #1,084)
- Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1975 (#1,370 → #953)
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 2025 (#819 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2023 at #706 (376 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1975–1978
- Highest: 1 in 4,549 boys born in 2023 were named Karim (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,627 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.7% of all boys named Karim (1,771) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #2,642 (1958) | #3,005 |
| 1960s | 132 | #1,774 (1965) | #2,410 |
| 1970s | 626 | #863 (1977) | #1,164 |
| 1980s | 646 | #1,038 (1980) | #1,196 |
| 1990s | 831 | #1,096 (1997) | #1,295 |
| 2000s | 1,242 | #1,159 (2003) | #1,251 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | #911 (2016) | #1,098 |
| 2020s | 1,613 | #706 (2023) | #911 |
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.
Karim in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 334,122 of them was named Karim, which outranked 14.9% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,799 names at #10,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 28,912 of them was named Karim, which outranked 84.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,130Terell63
- #1,130Terrill63
- #1,130Timmothy63
- #1,144Karim62
- #1,144Abelardo62
- #1,144Adrien62
- #1,144Corry62
- #1,153Abdullah61
- #1,153Austen61
- #1,153Brandy61
Tied with 8 names at #1,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.