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Kareem

Kareem: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“generous, noble”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
kuh-REEM · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Karīm, a common Arabic masculine name and one of the divine attributes in Islamic tradition when used as al-Karim.

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How popular is Kareem?

2024121 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kareem in 2024403

2024 rank#675 boys

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 188017,974

Kareem has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Kareem

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Alihigh, exalted · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Amiriprincely, of a commander · Arabic

Kareem questions

What does the name Kareem mean?

Kareem means "generous, noble". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Karīm, a common Arabic masculine name and one of the divine attributes in Islamic tradition when used as al-Karim.

Is Kareem a boy or girl name?

Kareem is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kareem?

403 US babies were named Kareem in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Kareem?

Kareem is usually pronounced kuh-REEM.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.