Kareem

Where Kareem comes from

The dictionaries list Kareem as a given name — a male given name from Arabic, variant of Karim — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1947
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born
    American basketball player
  2. 1964
    First appearance
    #3,050 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Peak, #367
    449 babies named Kareem — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    Kareem Rush born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, variant of Karim.
Namesakes
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · American basketball player, born 1947
  • Kareem Rush · American basketball player, born 1980
  • Kareem Amer · Egyptian Norwegian blogger, born 1984
  • Kareem Moses · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1990
  • Kareem Hunt · American football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.