Girls' name · since 1967
Karima
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 1,474 babies named Karima, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,474
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,474 babies have been named Karima since 1967, making it today's #7588 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karima has been recorded 1,474 times among girls since 1967, currently ranked #7588 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #5,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,474 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karima ranks #5,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,474 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,474
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Karima's 1,474 recorded births place it above 92.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Karima compares
1,474 Top 26% higher than 74% of 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
Karima's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,474 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karima's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 63, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Karima by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (389 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Karima's strongest decade.
389 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Karima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
389 births
- 1980s
1980s
293 births
- 1990s
1990s
324 births
- 2000s
2000s
217 births
- 2010s
2010s
157 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 389 births (26% of all-time use).
How Karima compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Karima's total volume
Karima by state
Where Karima concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 223 | 15.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 153 | 10.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 70 | 4.7% |
| #4 | California | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
223 of 1,474 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Karima's data
- Karima's decade-level peak was the 1970s (389 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Karimas (223 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Karima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Karima 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.