Karim — #818 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karim

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,688 babies named Karim between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karim currently holds the #818 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 376 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,771 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karim shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 995 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Karim in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karim 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 6,688 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.