Karem
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KAR-em
Karem is a name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Karem a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Karem has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Karem in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Karem in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names related to Karem
Sources
Figures from 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, “Karem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karem, updated 20 October 2026.