Careem
Boy · ka-REEM · Arabic
Careem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Careem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Kareem; from Arabic karim
“generous, noble”
Al-Karim, the Most Generous, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- ka-REEM
Meaning borrowed from Kareem. More on Wiktionary.
Is Careem a girl's or a boy's name?
Careem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Careem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Careem, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Careem in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 594 boys in the US were given Careem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #508, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Careem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Careem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Hamza Zayd Amir Muhammad Raheem Nasir Zayan Hakeem Musa Arham Salem
Other spellings of Careem
More Arabic names
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