Kareema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-REE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kareema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Kareema mean?
Arabic: spelling of Karima
“generous, noble”
Spelling of Karima, the feminine of Arabic karim 'generous, noble'.
Is Kareema a girl's or a boy's name?
Kareema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kareema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kareema, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kareema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kareema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Kareema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kareema, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1984, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more girls named Kareema than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kareema in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kareema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
Names like Kareema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Safa Halima Aaliyah Amira Hiba Safiya Aisha Habiba Huda Zainab Faiza
Names related to Kareema
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kareema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kareema, updated 20 October 2026.