Karimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-REE-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Karimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Karimah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Karima; feminine of Karim
“generous, noble”
The feminine of Karim; al-Karim, the Generous, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Karima.
Is Karimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Karimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karimah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Karimah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Karimah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Karimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Karimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Karimah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Karimah in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karimah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Karimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Sumayyah, Aakifah, Ruqayyah, Khadija, Aaminah, Hibah, Zainab, Safa, Umamah, Safiya
Names related to Karimah
Karma, Karima, Kareema, Kareemah, Karime, Kharma, Karmah, Koraima
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, “Karimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karimah, updated 20 October 2026.