Karim
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,084 for boys in 2025, 198 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 376 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,886since 1957
Karim over time
Rank among boys' names. Karim has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,084 | 198 | |
| 2024 | — | #819 | 305 | |
| 2023 | — | #706 | 376 | |
| 2022 | — | #771 | 328 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,089 | 194 | |
| 2020 | — | #999 | 212 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,063 | 192 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,092 | 180 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,042 | 193 | |
| 2016 | — | #911 | 236 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,089 | 179 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,074 | 180 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,119 | 162 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,172 | 155 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,235 | 141 |
| 2010 | — | #1,179 | 153 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,182 | 153 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,325 | 131 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,380 | 119 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,273 | 131 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,282 | 120 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,183 | 131 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,159 | 129 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,160 | 122 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,191 | 114 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,370 | 92 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,303 | 93 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,237 | 98 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,096 | 115 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,347 | 80 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,380 | 73 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,421 | 68 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,254 | 82 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,321 | 73 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,252 | 78 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,228 | 76 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,259 | 60 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,419 | 49 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,258 | 58 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,110 | 66 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,144 | 62 |
| 1982 | — | #1,229 | 57 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,084 | 70 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,038 | 76 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #877 | 96 |
| 1977 | — | #863 | 97 | |
| 1976 | — | #866 | 93 | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #953 | 74 |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,223 | 46 |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Karim! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Karim
- 265 spots since 2024 (#819 → #1,084)
- 85 spots since 2020 (#999 → #1,084)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#1,089 → #1,084)
- Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1975 (#1,370 → #953)
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 2025 (#819 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2023 at #706 (376 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1975–1978
- Highest: 1 in 4,549 boys born in 2023 were named Karim (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,627 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.7% of all boys named Karim (1,771) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #2,642 (1958) | #3,005 |
| 1960s | 132 | #1,774 (1965) | #2,410 |
| 1970s | 626 | #863 (1977) | #1,164 |
| 1980s | 646 | #1,038 (1980) | #1,196 |
| 1990s | 831 | #1,096 (1997) | #1,295 |
| 2000s | 1,242 | #1,159 (2003) | #1,251 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | #911 (2016) | #1,098 |
| 2020s | 1,613 | #706 (2023) | #911 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Karim in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Karim, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 23,473 of them was named Karim, which outranked 85.8% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).