NameTides

Kareem

Kareem was the #701 boys' name in the US in 2025 (383 babies), and #487 in England & Wales and #467 in Canada.

Kareem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kareem 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSIrelandScotland
Kareem 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#701 (383)#487 (79)#762 (3)#676 (4)#467 (66)
2024#675 (405)#468 (85)#727 (3)—#463 (66)
2023#628 (442)#508 (77)—#436 (8)#437 (66)
2022#670 (407)#500 (78)—#572 (5)#516 (54)
2021#696 (382)#704 (49)#533 (5)#498 (6)#538 (53)
2020#638 (419)#535 (70)#711 (3)—#706 (36)
2019#672 (386)#707 (47)——#645 (40)
2018#696 (347)#675 (51)—#749 (3)#653 (39)
2017#700 (352)#709 (49)——#452 (64)
2016#708 (345)#726 (47)——#576 (47)
2015#731 (334)#601 (61)——#690 (37)
2014#751 (315)#684 (48)——#681 (37)
2013#682 (352)#954 (30)——#625 (41)
2012#743 (311)#765 (42)——#593 (42)
2011#740 (306)#812 (37)——#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #367.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 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 4,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kareem is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kareem 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: #375ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: 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: #668INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #953TXFlorida: #585FL
Kareem (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#31043

Kareem (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
KareemCanadaBoys#46766
KareemEngland & WalesBoys#48779
KareemIrelandBoys#6764
KareemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KareemScotlandBoys#7623
KareemUSGirls—too few
KareemUSBoys#701383