Girls' name · since 1975
Kareemah
361 babies named Kareemah in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
361 babies have been named Kareemah since 1975, making it today's #13566 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kareemah recorded 361 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #13566 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #14,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,566 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 361 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kareemah ranks #14,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,566 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 361 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kareemah's 361 recorded births place it above 80.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Kareemah compares
361 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Kareemah's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kareemah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 361 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kareemah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kareemah's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kareemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kareemah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (120 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Kareemah's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kareemah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
120 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 120 births (33% of all-time use).
Kareemah by state
Where Kareemah concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 47 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
47 of 361 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kareemah's data
- Kareemah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Kareemahs (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
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 Kareemah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Kareemah 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.