Kareem is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “generous.” In 2024 it was given to 403 boys in the United States.
Kareem belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “generous” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kareem first appears in Social Security records in 1964. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #367 in 1977, and in 2024 403 babies received the name — 17,776 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kareem means “generous” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kareem is a boy name. In 2024, 403 babies received the name in the US.
Kareem comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Kareem first appears in US records in 1964. Its best-ever ranking was #367 in 1977, and 403 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kareem is pronounced /kəˈɹiːm/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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