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How popular is “Kareem” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kareem” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kareem” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kareem” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kareem” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kareem” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kareem” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kareem” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 44 0.000012819 44 -100%
1972 401 0.000127585 23 378 -89%
1973 254 0.000084193 12 242 -91%
1974 339 0.000111513 13 326 -92%
1975 433 0.000143406 16 417 -93%
1976 394 0.000129849 14 380 -93%
1977 461 0.000145129 12 449 -95%
1978 376 0.000118467 15 361 -92%
1979 372 0.000111812 14 358 -92%
1980 480 0.000139352 21 459 -91%
1981 324 0.000093659 7 317 -96%
1982 319 0.000090936 319 -100%
1983 320 0.000092396 7 313 -96%
1984 252 0.000072232 6 246 -95%
1985 284 0.000079572 5 279 -96%
1986 254 0.000071407 254 -100%
1987 299 0.000082926 7 292 -95%
1988 289 0.000078213 289 -100%
1989 298 0.000077514 298 -100%
1990 317 0.000080203 5 312 -97%
1991 334 0.000085745 334 -100%
1992 353 0.000091897 5 348 -97%
1993 317 0.000084079 317 -100%
1994 363 0.000097642 6 357 -97%
1995 293 0.000080008 293 -100%
1996 301 0.000082529 301 -100%
1997 295 0.000081363 295 -100%
1998 313 0.000085096 313 -100%
1999 300 0.000081216 300 -100%
2000 308 0.000081484 5 303 -97%
2001 324 0.000086553 324 -100%
2002 316 0.000084531 316 -100%
2003 299 0.000078636 299 -100%
2004 346 0.000090554 346 -100%
2005 294 0.000076466 294 -100%
2006 303 0.000076589 303 -100%
2007 314 0.000078545 314 -100%
2008 309 0.000078613 309 -100%
2009 314 0.000082195 314 -100%
2010 334 0.000090374 334 -100%
2011 306 0.000083657 306 -100%
2012 311 0.000085034 311 -100%
2013 357 0.000097924 5 352 -97%
2014 315 0.000084989 315 -100%
2015 334 0.000090248 334 -100%
2016 345 0.000094039 345 -100%
2017 352 0.000098429 352 -100%
2018 346 0.00009841 346 -100%
2019 386 0.000111209 386 -100%
2020 419 0.000125427 419 -100%
2021 382 0.000112753 382 -100%
2022 406 0.000120007 406 -100%
2023 442 0.000133487 442 -100%
2024 403 0.000121076 403 -100%

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