Kariem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kariem

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Kariem between 1972 and 2021, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kariem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kariem performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kariem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kariem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kariem 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 154 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.