Spellings
Kareem or Karim?
In the US in 2025, 66% of babies in this name family were spelled Kareem and 34% Karim. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Kareem already led in 2015, with 65% of the family's births; it has 66% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 513 to 581 births (+13%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem | 334 | 383 | +15% |
| Karim | 179 | 198 | +11% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /kəˈrim/ (kuh-REEM). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Karim 100 births (#453 among boys). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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