Given name
Kariem
“a generous man”
Kariem is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kariem is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kariem is a variant of Kareem. An origin associated with Kareem is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kariem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 159
- 159 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,967 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,967 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kariem
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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