Boys' name · since 1990
Abdulkarim
214 babies named Abdulkarim in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
214 babies have been named Abdulkarim since 1990, making it today's #9201 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abdulkarim has been recorded 214 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #9201 nationally and more common than 34% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #12,518 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,201 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abdulkarim ranks #12,518 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,201 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 214 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abdulkarim's 214 recorded births place it above 72.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Abdulkarim compares
214 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abdulkarim's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abdulkarim | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abdulkarim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Abdulkarim's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Abdulkarim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Abdulkarim by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Abdulkarim's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Abdulkarim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Abdulkarim's data
- Abdulkarim's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abdulkarim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abdulkarim draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.