Karima
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,474since 1967
Karima over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karima has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 |
| 1979 | #1,731 | 63 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Karima! It came in at #4,982, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karima is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karima in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,065 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #7,491)
- 1,166 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #7,491)
- 1,990 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1976 at #1,638 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 7 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 24,418
- Highest: 1 in 24,418 girls born in 1976 were named Karima (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 26.4% of all girls named Karima (389) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #4,982 (1967) | #6,227 |
| 1970s | 389 | #1,638 (1976) | #2,596 |
| 1980s | 293 | #2,342 (1980) | #3,225 |
| 1990s | 324 | #2,600 (1990) | #3,600 |
| 2000s | 217 | #3,946 (2003) | #5,965 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,977 (2010) | #7,532 |
| 2020s | 81 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,933 |
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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