Karimah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karimah

The Social Security Administration has registered 588 babies named Karimah between 1971 and 2022, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karimah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karimah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karimah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Karimah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karimah 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 588 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.