Karima

Gender: Girl
Say it: kah-REE-mah
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #7,489 for girls

Karima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Karima mean?

Arabic: feminine of Karim

“generous, noble”

The feminine of Karim; al-Karim, the Generous, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.

Is Karima a girl's or a boy's name?

Karima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Karima in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Karima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20082023

Karima in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2023	9	#2,841
2022	11	#2,450
2021	9	#2,846
2020	0	–
2019	4	#4,904
2018	9	#2,825
2017	7	#3,395
2016	6	#3,788
2015	12	#2,328
2014	4	#4,888
2013	13	#2,174
2012	8	#3,148
2011	11	#2,393
2010	5	#4,220
2009	11	#2,298
2008	15	#1,840
2007	12	#2,083
2006	12	#1,987
2005	14	#1,692
2004	14	#1,634
2003	13	#1,649
2002	8	#2,231
2001	6	#2,587
2000	8	#2,097
1999	5	#2,912
1998	8	#2,110
1997	12	#1,559
1996	6	#2,469

How popular is Karima in the US?

Rank in 2025: 7,489th among girls
Babies in 2025: 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady down 18% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Karima, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1979, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.

Half of all the girls named Karima in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Karima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.

Karime 43
Karima 14

1967Busiest: 63 in 19792025

Karima in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	14	#7,489
2024	10	#9,551
2023	13	#8,050
2022	12	#8,536
2021	14	#7,625
2020	18	#6,321
2019	14	#7,712
2018	13	#8,142
2017	16	#7,088
2016	15	#7,599
2015	11	#9,476
2014	19	#6,449
2013	16	#7,368
2012	18	#6,868
2011	13	#8,610
2010	22	#5,975
2009	16	#7,676
2008	14	#8,525
2007	17	#7,390
2006	20	#6,354
2005	22	#5,595
2004	25	#5,058
2003	34	#3,942
2002	25	#4,763
2001	23	#5,004
2000	21	#5,307
1999	27	#4,197
1998	24	#4,489
1997	21	#4,815
1996	25	#4,179
1995	38	#3,017
1994	38	#3,033
1993	30	#3,580
1992	34	#3,261
1991	42	#2,784
1990	45	#2,595
1989	37	#2,925
1988	21	#4,167
1987	29	#3,166
1986	19	#4,184
1985	18	#4,280
1984	36	#2,573
1983	28	#2,974
1982	33	#2,770
1981	31	#2,847
1980	41	#2,342
1979	63	#1,731
1978	46	#2,050
1977	47	#2,026
1976	60	#1,638
1975	41	#2,097
1974	42	#1,999
1973	33	#2,309
1972	35	#2,173
1971	14	#4,121
1970	8	#5,817
1969	5	#7,469
1968	0	–
1967	8	#4,981

Names like Karima

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Khadija, Amira, Aisha, Safa, Halima, Aaliyah, Hiba, Safiya, Summer, Amina, Hafsa, Zainab

Other spellings of Karima

Karime

Names related to Karima

Karma, Kareema, Karimah, Kareemah, Kharma, Karmah, Koraima

More Arabic names

Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana

Every Arabic name

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, “Karima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karima, updated 20 October 2026.