Karma
- #1,703 for girls in 2025, 120 births
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to girls 96.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 375 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,593since 1915
Karma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karma has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,703 | 120 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #1,457 | 150 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #1,202 | 199 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #1,325 | 177 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #1,301 | 174 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #1,183 | 196 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #1,203 | 194 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #1,223 | 191 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #1,172 | 210 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #1,210 | 204 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #1,175 | 214 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1,026 | 254 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #959 | 263 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #901 | 291 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #988 | 258 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #892 | 297 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #760 | 375 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #845 | 333 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #862 | 325 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #855 | 313 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #847 | 298 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,972 | 94 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,554 | 61 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,259 | 71 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,302 | 78 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,505 | 66 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Karma! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karma is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Carolina#773 · 1 in 3,658
- Virginia#843 · 1 in 4,218
- Ohio#1,035 · 1 in 5,909
- Washington#1,046 · 1 in 5,772
- Michigan#1,061 · 1 in 5,955
Best ever in a state: #76 in Utah, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Karma
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 520 spots since 2020 (#1,183 → #1,703)
- Biggest jump: 1,125 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 2010
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2009 at #760 (375 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2005–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,899
- Highest: 1 in 4,899 girls born in 2009 were named Karma (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,394 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 31.3% of all girls named Karma (2,376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #2,813 (1919) | #3,564 |
| 1920s | 113 | #1,738 (1928) | #3,095 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,547 (1938) | #1,875 |
| 1940s | 232 | #1,532 (1946) | #1,866 |
| 1950s | 344 | #1,448 (1958) | #1,858 |
| 1960s | 336 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,061 |
| 1970s | 578 | #1,302 (1973) | #1,755 |
| 1980s | 220 | #2,360 (1983) | #4,209 |
| 1990s | 186 | #3,188 (1999) | #5,693 |
| 2000s | 1,984 | #760 (2009) | #1,629 |
| 2010s | 2,376 | #892 (2010) | #1,075 |
| 2020s | 1,016 | #1,183 (2020) | #1,362 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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