Unisex name · since 1973
Karem
Karem has 233 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karem is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 233 have been recorded since 1973.
Karem has 233 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2010.
- #18,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 233 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karem ranks #18,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karem's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Karem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karem splits its recorded history at 1996: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karem popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2010
- Peak year (1993)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Karem popularity over time - boys
129 total births recorded since 1976 (Karem as boys' name)
Karem by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (95 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Karem's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Karem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 95 births (41% of all-time use).
Karem by state
Where Karem concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 12.4% |
29 of 233 births nationwide.
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What to do with Karem's data
- Karem's decade-level peak was the 1990s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karems (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Karem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1973–2010 (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 Karem 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.