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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#542 · 1 in 7,256
- New Jersey#597 · 1 in 5,929
- Pennsylvania#725 · 1 in 9,436
- California#925 · 1 in 14,224
- Illinois#931 · 1 in 11,400
Best ever in a state: #236 in District of Columbia, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #542 | 5 | 1 in 7,256 |
| New Jersey | #597 | 8 | 1 in 5,929 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 7 | 1 in 9,436 |
| California | #925 | 17 | 1 in 14,224 |
| Illinois | #931 | 7 | 1 in 11,400 |
| New York | #1,023 | 9 | 1 in 12,637 |
| Florida | #1,119 | 6 | 1 in 14,473 |
| Texas | #1,400 | 7 | 1 in 23,521 |
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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 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 20,647 of them was named Karim, which outranked 88.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,294Messiah94
- #1,294Storm94
- #1,294Tyrel94
- #1,303Karim93
- #1,303Giuseppe93
- #1,303Lyle93
- #1,303Mckinley93
- #1,311Case92
- #1,311Eliot92
- #1,311Iain92
Tied with 7 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.