Kareema
#8,221 most common girls' name of all time · #13,740 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#8,221
Rank overall
#13,740 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
792
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1984 #2,723
Best rank
#2,723 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 34/yr
Kareema first appears in 1972. 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 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,366 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,164 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,946 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,373 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,987 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,365 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,405 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,983 |
| 2009 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,806 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,648 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,165 |
| 2006 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,091 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,186 |
| 2004 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,439 |
| 2003 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,340 |
| 2002 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,851 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,925 |
| 2000 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,318 |
| 1998 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,921 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,300 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,521 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,740 |
| 1994 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,761 |
| 1993 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,476 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,403 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,120 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,591 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,203 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,982 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,228 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,676 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,966 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,723 |
| 1983 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,787 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,630 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,237 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,592 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,881 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,762 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,616 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,942 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,760 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,191 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,554 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,103 |