Given name
Khareem
“a generous man”
Khareem is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Khareem is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Khareem 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khareem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,043 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,043 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Khareem’s family of names
Khareem has a related form in Kareem.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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