How rare is the name Karim?

8,470 people in the United States have the first name Karim, about 1 in 35,659. It ranks #2,754 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARIM

#2,754

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,470
About
1 in 35,659
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,470 people named Karim, 44.3% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.3% as Black. 95.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karim peaked in 2023, when 376 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
376
In 2025*
198 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,944 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Karim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,828. The largest share of babies named Karim, 42.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#10,13425
1960s#5,534132
1970s#2,461669
1980s#2,854656
1990s#3,016831
2000s#2,8501,242
2010s#2,3921,776
2020s#1,8281,613
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8011.9%
Millennials 1981–9615.8%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later42.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Karim is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karim has been most common in Arizona (3.2×), New York (2.4×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in Tennessee (0.3×).

4,816 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Karim

#2,752 Deangelo · 8,489#2,752 Khanh · 8,489#2,755 Carmine · 8,464#2,756 Arron · 8,463

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karim, most common first.

#1,150 Karin · 34,535#6,156 Karima · 2,635#6,805 Karime · 2,315#8,107 Karam · 1,808#10,355 Karem · 1,294#42,079 Kariem · 172#47,857 Karm · 135

Also a last name

As a last name, Karim ranks #5,024 of 156,621, with 6,766 people. See Karim as a last name

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