Karema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karema

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Karema between 1976 and 2006, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karema 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 62 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.