Kareem
#858 most common boys' name of all time · #1,965 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1964–2025
Rank among boys
#858
Rank overall
#1,965 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
18,359
Since 2016
3,868
Peak year
1980 #375
Best rank
#367 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 480/yr
Kareem first appears in 1964. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 383 | 383 | #701 |
| 2024 | — | 405 | 405 | #675 |
| 2023 | — | 442 | 442 | #629 |
| 2022 | — | 407 | 407 | #671 |
| 2021 | — | 382 | 382 | #697 |
| 2020 | — | 419 | 419 | #638 |
| 2019 | — | 386 | 386 | #672 |
| 2018 | — | 347 | 347 | #699 |
| 2017 | — | 352 | 352 | #701 |
| 2016 | — | 345 | 345 | #710 |
| 2015 | — | 334 | 334 | #732 |
| 2014 | — | 315 | 315 | #752 |
| 2013 | 5 | 352 | 357 | #682 |
| 2012 | — | 311 | 311 | #744 |
| 2011 | — | 306 | 306 | #743 |
| 2010 | — | 334 | 334 | #699 |
| 2009 | — | 314 | 314 | #741 |
| 2008 | — | 309 | 309 | #739 |
| 2007 | — | 314 | 314 | #731 |
| 2006 | — | 303 | 303 | #714 |
| 2005 | — | 294 | 294 | #700 |
| 2004 | — | 346 | 346 | #618 |
| 2003 | — | 299 | 299 | #663 |
| 2002 | — | 316 | 316 | #624 |
| 2001 | — | 324 | 324 | #606 |
| 2000 | 5 | 303 | 308 | #620 |
| 1999 | — | 300 | 300 | #609 |
| 1998 | — | 313 | 313 | #595 |
| 1997 | — | 295 | 295 | #601 |
| 1996 | — | 301 | 301 | #596 |
| 1995 | — | 293 | 293 | #601 |
| 1994 | 6 | 357 | 363 | #544 |
| 1993 | — | 317 | 317 | #578 |
| 1992 | 5 | 348 | 353 | #548 |
| 1991 | — | 332 | 332 | #560 |
| 1990 | 5 | 312 | 317 | #574 |
| 1989 | — | 298 | 298 | #562 |
| 1988 | — | 289 | 289 | #542 |
| 1987 | 7 | 292 | 299 | #527 |
| 1986 | — | 254 | 254 | #559 |
| 1985 | 5 | 279 | 284 | #523 |
| 1984 | 6 | 246 | 252 | #553 |
| 1983 | 7 | 313 | 320 | #475 |
| 1982 | — | 319 | 319 | #473 |
| 1981 | 7 | 317 | 324 | #467 |
| 1980 | 21 | 459 | 480 | #375 |
| 1979 | 14 | 358 | 372 | #422 |
| 1978 | 15 | 361 | 376 | #409 |
| 1977 | 12 | 449 | 461 | #367 |
| 1976 | 14 | 380 | 394 | #398 |
| 1975 | 16 | 417 | 433 | #380 |
| 1974 | 13 | 326 | 339 | #439 |
| 1973 | 12 | 242 | 254 | #501 |
| 1972 | 23 | 378 | 401 | #405 |
| 1971 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,271 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,881 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,466 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,280 |