Carma — #11105 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carma

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,159 babies named Carma between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carma currently holds the #11105 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 76 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carma performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 623 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Carma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 532 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carma in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,159 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.