unisex name

Karem

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 419

Karem is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 57% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2016 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Karem over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Karem by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 33
1980s 70
1990s 115
2000s 114
2010s (to 2016) 30

How popular is Karem?

In 2016, Karem was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Karem is used

France #2,488 5 in 1988
Canada #3,072 5 in 2017
England & Wales #5,100 3 in 2014
United States #7,663 10 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Karem

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Karem also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Karem over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Karem

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Karem — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Karem

How popular is the name Karem?

In 2016, Karem was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Karem is used for both girls and boys. About 57% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Karem most popular?

Karem peaked in 1993, when 26 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.