Karim

Boy name

Karim has been given to 6,944 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It peaked in 2023.

Meaning & origin /kəˈɹiːm/

From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,944

Peak year

2023 (376 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1957

10-year trend

▲ +11%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Karim.

6,945 babies since 1974

6,937 babies since 1991

6,956 babies since 1880

6,921 babies since 1949

6,970 babies since 1883

6,892 babies since 1889

7,008 babies since 1970

6,865 babies since 1880

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