Boys' name · since 1976
Khareem
97 babies named Khareem in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,618 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,391 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khareem currently ranks #12391 among boys' names in America, with 97 babies recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Khareem recorded 97 times among boys since 1976, holding rank #12391 nationally today, ahead of 11% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #17,618 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,391 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 1976
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khareem ranks #17,618 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,391 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 97 born since 1976, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,618 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,391 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khareem's 97 recorded births place it above 61.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khareem compares
97 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Khareem's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khareem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khareem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khareem splits its recorded history at 2016: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khareem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Khareem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Khareem's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Khareem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khareem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1976–2025 (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 Khareem 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.