NameTides

Karam

Karam was the #1,609 boys' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #668 in England & Wales and #580 in Canada.

Karam as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Karam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,609 (105)#668 (54)#647 (4)#829 (3)#580 (50)
2024#1,371 (137)#880 (36)——#600 (45)
2023#1,539 (114)#679 (51)——#538 (51)
2022#1,792 (91)#1,084 (26)——#763 (33)
2021#1,915 (79)#1,004 (29)——#753 (35)
2020#1,685 (93)#878 (33)——#540 (48)
2019#1,737 (90)#908 (32)——#770 (31)
2018#1,717 (91)#958 (30)#595 (4)—#794 (30)
2017#1,518 (109)#996 (30)——#631 (41)
2016#2,012 (71)#833 (38)——#1,026 (21)
2015#1,870 (78)#1,121 (24)——#1,041 (20)
2014#2,154 (63)#988 (29)——#1,107 (18)
2013#2,424 (51)#1,462 (16)——#809 (29)
2012#2,292 (56)#927 (32)——#1,033 (20)
2011#2,437 (51)#812 (37)——#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,371.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Karam is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karam by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #641MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Karam (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44528
Quebec2025#5138

Karam (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaramCanadaGirls#2,7307
KaramCanadaBoys#58050
KaramEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KaramEngland & WalesBoys#66854
KaramIrelandBoys#8293
KaramNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaramNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaramScotlandBoys#6474
KaramUSBoys#1,609105