Karma Girl
How popular is Karma?
#1,703 girl name in 2025
120 baby girls were named Karma in the US in 2025, making it the 1703rd most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
Karma popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,703 for girls (▼ 246 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 120 girls, 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,175 in 2015, #1,183 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (375 girls) |
| Highest rank | #760 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karma counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karma family of names ranked #1,303 for girls in 2025 (#1,185 the year before), with 134 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karma | 120 | 90% |
| Carma | 9 | 7% |
| Karmah | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karma is most popular
Babies named Karma per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Karma by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #2,812 |
| 1920s | 113 | #1,737 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,547 |
| 1940s | 232 | #1,531 |
| 1950s | 344 | #1,447 |
| 1960s | 336 | #1,756 |
| 1970s | 578 | #1,302 |
| 1980s | 220 | #2,359 |
| 1990s | 186 | #3,185 |
| 2000s | 1,984 | #760 |
| 2010s | 2,376 | #892 |
| 2020s | 1,016 | #1,183 |
Girl names about as popular as Karma
Questions
- Is Karma a boy or girl name?
- Karma is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Karma were girls.
- How popular is the name Karma?
- 120 baby girls were named Karma in the US in 2025, making it the 1703rd most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
- When was Karma most popular?
- Karma peaked in 2009, when 375 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #760 in 2009.
- How many people are named Karma?
- 7,863 babies have been named Karma in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,337 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Karma most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karma was most common in Tennessee, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.