Kareem Boy
How popular is Kareem?
#701 boy name in 2025
383 baby boys were named Kareem in the US in 2025, making it the 701st most popular boy name.
Kareem popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #701 for boys (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 383 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #731 in 2015, #638 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (459 boys) |
| Highest rank | #367 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kareem counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kareem family of names ranked #666 for boys in 2025 (#628 the year before), with 391 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kareem | 383 | 98% |
| Careem | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kareem is most popular
Babies named Kareem per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.6 per 1,000 (133 boys)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (22 boys)
Kareem by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #3,049 |
| 1970s | 2,967 | #367 |
| 1980s | 3,066 | #373 |
| 1990s | 3,168 | #541 |
| 2000s | 3,122 | #606 |
| 2010s | 3,382 | #672 |
| 2020s | 2,438 | #628 |
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Questions
- Is Kareem a boy or girl name?
- Kareem is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kareem were boys.
- How popular is the name Kareem?
- 383 baby boys were named Kareem in the US in 2025, making it the 701st most popular boy name.
- When was Kareem most popular?
- Kareem peaked in 1980, when 459 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #367 in 1977.
- How many people are named Kareem?
- 18,359 babies have been named Kareem in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,751 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Kareem most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kareem was most common in Michigan, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.