Kareema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kareema

The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Kareema between 1972 and 2019, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kareema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kareema performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kareema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Kareema in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kareema in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 787 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.