Girls' name · since 1981
Karishma
Karishma has 1,064 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,064
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,064 babies have been named Karishma since 1981, making it today's #9652 girls' name.
Karishma has 1,064 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9652 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #7,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,652 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,064 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karishma ranks #7,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,652 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,064 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,064
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karishma's 1,064 recorded births place it above 90.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karishma compares
1,064 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Karishma's all-time total is 183% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karishma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,064 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karishma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karishma's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karishma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Karishma by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (408 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Karishma's strongest decade.
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Karishma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 91
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
408 births
- 2000s
2000s
292 births
- 2010s
2010s
199 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 408 births (38% of all-time use).
How Karishma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Karishma's total volume
Karishma by state
Where Karishma concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 143 | 13.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 84 | 7.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 33 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.9% |
143 of 1,064 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Karishma's data
- Karishma's decade-level peak was the 1990s (408 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karishmas (143 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karishma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Karishma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.