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Kareem

Kareem (Arabic origin). 18,359 US babies since 1940, peak 1980.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

Arabic

In US birth records

Peak year: 1980

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18,359 US babies were named Kareem between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Kareem (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 66% of the family

  • Kareem 66%
  • Karim 25%
  • Karam 6%
  • Karriem 2%
  • Careem 1%
  • Kariem 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1980)