Kareem
Kareem is ranked 677th among boys in 2024 (403 births). Its best rank was 367th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- #677down 51 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4030.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1980459 births
- Best rank
- #367in 1977
- Since 1964
- 17,776people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,776 boys have been named Kareem in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 459 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 751 → 677).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Kareem was the 373rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1980 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Kareem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rahimpeak 2018
- Ioannispeak 2018
- Konstantinospeak 1977
- Georgiospeak 1981
- Nikolaospeak 2014
- Jamiesonpeak 1974
- Jansonpeak 2016
- Abdulpeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.