Kareemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-REE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kareemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kareemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Kareema, itself a spelling of Karima
“generous, noble”
Spelling of Karima, the feminine of Arabic karim 'generous, noble'.
Meaning borrowed from Kareema.
Is Kareemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kareemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kareemah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 girls.
Kareemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Kareemah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Kareemah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1980, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more girls named Kareemah than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Kareemah in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kareemah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Kareemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Aaliyah, Aakifah, Sumayyah, Umamah, Hibah, Ruqayyah, Umaymah, Aaminah, Khalilah, Safiya, Azeemah
Names related to Kareemah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Kareemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kareemah, updated 20 October 2026.