How Many People Are Named Karim?
people named Karim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 50,649 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,944 babies named Karim in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
376 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "generous, noble" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الكريم (al-Karim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Karim, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karim alive today is about 20 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karim first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2023, to 376 babies. In 2025, 198 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #707, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,084.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,084 |
| Best rank | #707 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,094 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karim were born in California than in any other state: about 1,001 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karim was given 3 times as often in New York, 2.3 times in New Jersey and 1.9 times in Arizona.
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