Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Karem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 362
- 129 boys · 233 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,294 as a first name in 2020; 327 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Karem’s family of names
Karem may belong to the same name family as KAREMM. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karem
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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