Karim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karim: Recorded since 1957, it reached #314 in 2022, and it stood at #357 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#314highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#564
1997	#493
1998	#490
1999	#586
2000	#480
2001	#518
2002	#524
2003	#945
2004	#599
2005	#666
2006	#793
2007	#664
2008	#728
2009	#831
2010	#878
2011	#767
2012	#671
2013	#804
2014	#659
2015	#633
2016	#774
2017	#861
2018	#675
2019	#844
2020	#699
2021	#632
2022	#524
2023	#598
2024	#519

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 52 of the 69 years from 1957 to 2025.

In 2025: #357 among boys in Norway, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1957–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #401 among boys in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1957–2025
Highest recorded position: #314 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1957–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #357 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Karim appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 327 births with the name.

Karim across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#401 (1957)	#314 (2022)	#357 (2025)	52 of 69	327 (1957–2025)	11 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#564 (1996)	#480 (2000)	#519 (2024)	29 of 29	1,255 (1996–2024)	75 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#390 (2000)	#577 (2025)	15 of 26	62 (2000–2025)	6 (2013)

Karim by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karim in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	18	3 of 10	6
1960s	36	7 of 10	5
1970s	34	6 of 10	6
1980s	54	9 of 10	6
1990s	37	6 of 10	6
2000s	36	6 of 10	6
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	38	5 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #314 in Norway in 2022.

Karim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#519	75	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#598	61	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#524	75	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#632	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#699	48	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#844	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#774	42	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#633	55	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#659	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#671	50	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#767	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#831	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#664	43	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#666	39	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#524	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#518	38	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#586	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#490	40	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#493	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#564	30	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#357	9	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#365	9	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#466	5	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#314	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#458	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#405	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#374	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#426	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#433	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#416	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#560	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#528	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#368	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#405	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#533	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#580	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#450	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#606	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#487	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#510	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#429	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#362	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#386	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#401	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1957 and 2025, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #314, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kari-Anne · #140, 40y
Karianne · #64, 56y
Karin · #10, 81y
Karina · #55, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lidia · #304, 58y
Carolina · #302, 57y
Ayse · #333, 64y
Margarita · #291, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Torkil · #314, 48y
Abraham · #313, 59y
Claes · #315, 29y
Nadja · #315, 38y

Karim was ranked #314 in Norway · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Karim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karim without appearing here.

Karim moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #599 and #1347.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #878 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #767 and #1303.
Colin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #861 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #675 and #1158.
Murray Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #599 and #1038.

Moved ahead of Karim

Albie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #524 and #722 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #945 and #490.
Denis Compare
In 2002 they stood at #524 and #671 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #945 and #499.
Mason Compare
In 2007 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #252.
Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #675 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #844 and #493.

Moved the opposite way to Karim

Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 while Alfie went from #390 to #36.
Arthur Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 while Arthur went from #274 to #57.
Caleb Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 while Caleb went from #223 to #108.
Charlie Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 while Charlie went from #116 to #13.

Moved the same way as Karim

Lucas Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Karim went from #606 to #357 and Lucas from #607 to #24.
Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 and Aaron from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 and Adam from #4 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2000 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karim went from #390 to #577 and Adrian from #164 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #314 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karim

Karim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karim across 3 official records

Karim by decade in Norway · Boys

Karim appears in

Popularity data

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Karim across 3 official records

Karim by decade in Norway · Boys

Karim appears in

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Karim moved ahead of

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