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How popular is “Karima” in the USA?

Number of people named “Karima” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Karima” 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 “Karima” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Karima” by birth year

This chart shows how “Karima” 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
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 33 0.000010938 33 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 60 0.000019774 60 100%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 100%
1979 63 0.000018936 63 100%
1980 41 0.000011903 41 100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 100%
1990 45 0.000011385 45 100%
1991 42 0.000010782 42 100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 100%
1994 38 0.000010222 38 100%
1995 38 0.000010376 38 100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 100%
2002 25 0.000006688 25 100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

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