Karim
Karim is ranked 819th among boys in 2024 (305 births). Its best rank was 705th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #819down 114 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3050.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023376 births
- Best rank
- #705in 2023
- Since 1957
- 6,688people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,688 boys have been named Karim in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 376 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Karim was the 705th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Karim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Enocpeak 2024
- Samirpeak 2023
- Issapeak 2024
- Reuvenpeak 2024
- Yitzchokpeak 2024
- Chaimpeak 2022
- Rampeak 2024
- Muradpeak 2016
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.