Karima is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “generous.” In 2024 it was given to 10 girls in the United States.
Karima 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. It travels in a few spellings: Karim.
In the United States, Karima first appears in Social Security records in 1967. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1647 in 1976, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 1,460 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Karima means “generous” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Karima is a girl name. In 2024, 10 babies received the name in the US.
Karima comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Karim.
Karima first appears in US records in 1967. Its best-ever ranking was #1647 in 1976, and 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
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. 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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