Karim Boy
How popular is Karim?
#1,084 boy name in 2025
198 baby boys were named Karim in the US in 2025, making it the 1084th most popular boy name.
Karim popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,084 for boys (▼ 265 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 198 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,089 in 2015, #999 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (376 boys) |
| Highest rank | #706 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karim counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karim family of names ranked #980 for boys in 2025 (#772 the year before), with 203 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karim | 198 | 98% |
| Karym | 5 | 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 Karim is most popular
Babies named Karim per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (269 boys)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (237 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (96 boys)
Karim by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #2,641 |
| 1960s | 132 | #1,773 |
| 1970s | 626 | #863 |
| 1980s | 646 | #1,038 |
| 1990s | 831 | #1,093 |
| 2000s | 1,242 | #1,158 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | #911 |
| 2020s | 1,613 | #706 |
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Questions
- Is Karim a boy or girl name?
- Karim is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karim were boys.
- How popular is the name Karim?
- 198 baby boys were named Karim in the US in 2025, making it the 1084th most popular boy name.
- When was Karim most popular?
- Karim peaked in 2023, when 376 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #706 in 2023.
- How many people are named Karim?
- 6,944 babies have been named Karim in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,765 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Karim most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karim was most common in Arizona, at 0.4 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.