Careem

#9,053 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Careem has been given to 164 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #9,053 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Careem, 2025

1 in 414,000

Careem over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Careem?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,053
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Careem sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Careem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Careems were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Careem was born before 2013 — so the typical Careem is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
164
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Choose a decade

2020s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Careem rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+73
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2021 (12)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,459
1979

Spellings of Careem

Careem is not the most common spelling — Carter is, with 64.4% against Careem's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Careem by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,053
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#4,459
1979
Peak year
2021
12 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
164
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Careem

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Careem

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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