NameTides

Karim

Karim was the #1,084 boys' name in the US in 2025 (198 babies), and #585 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Karim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karim 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandScotlandUS
Karim 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#1,084 (198)#585 (66)#762 (3)#577 (5)#741 (36)
2024#819 (305)#519 (75)——#542 (51)
2023#706 (376)#598 (61)#614 (4)#660 (4)#592 (45)
2022#771 (328)#524 (75)#703 (3)#509 (6)#561 (48)
2021#1,089 (194)#632 (58)—#498 (6)#545 (52)
2020#999 (212)#699 (48)——#639 (40)
2019#1,063 (192)#844 (36)——#616 (43)
2018#1,092 (180)#675 (51)——#504 (55)
2017#1,042 (193)#861 (36)——#587 (45)
2016#911 (236)#774 (42)—#713 (3)#588 (46)
2015#1,089 (179)#633 (55)#588 (4)#699 (3)#469 (61)
2014#1,074 (180)#659 (51)—#609 (4)#384 (77)
2013#1,119 (162)#804 (38)—#479 (6)#535 (50)
2012#1,172 (155)#671 (50)#669 (3)#718 (3)#478 (58)
2011#1,235 (141)#767 (40)#648 (3)—#395 (72)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #706.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 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 8,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Karim is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karim 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: #711ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: 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: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth 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: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #887FL
Karim (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
Quebec2025#32614
Ontario2024#67617

Karim (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
KarimCanadaBoys#74136
KarimEngland & WalesBoys#58566
KarimIrelandBoys#5775
KarimNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KarimScotlandBoys#7623
KarimUSGirls—too few
KarimUSBoys#1,084198