Karima
Karima was the 7673rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1647th; the most babies were born in 1979 (63). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,127 places. More babies were named Karima in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,673 girls, down 1,187 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197963 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,474babies recorded
Karima popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,673 | 14 |
| 2020 | #6,486 | 18 |
| 2010 | #6,062 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,400 | 21 |
| 1990 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 1980 | #2,368 | 41 |
| 1970 | #6,046 | 8 |
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How popular is Karima, counting every spelling?
Karima is the most common spelling of a name family that had 14 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 14 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karima | 14 | #7,673 | 63 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Karima?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karima (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Karima born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karima.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karima?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Karima are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 23 and 47. That makes Karima mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karima: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karima, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karima
How popular is the name Karima?
Karima was the 7673rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1647th; the most babies were born in 1979 (63). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,127 places. More babies were named Karima in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Karima a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Karima in the US.