Girls' name · since 1970
Karisma
2,148 babies named Karisma in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,019 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,148
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karisma is the #5019 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,148 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karisma has been recorded 2,148 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #5019 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #4,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,019 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,148 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karisma ranks #4,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,019 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,148 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,019 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,148
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karisma's 2,148 recorded births place it above 93.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karisma compares
2,148 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Karisma's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karisma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,148 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karisma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karisma's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 86, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karisma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Karisma by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (755 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Karisma's strongest decade.
755 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Karisma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 107
1980s
107 births
- 1990s
1990s
466 births
- 2000s
2000s
755 births
- 2010s
2010s
562 births
- 2020s 225
2020s
225 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 755 births (35% of all-time use).
How Karisma 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 Karisma's total volume
Karisma by state
Where Karisma concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 337 | 15.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 276 | 12.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 154 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 21 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.5% |
337 of 2,148 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Karisma appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karisma's data
- Karisma's decade-level peak was the 2000s (755 total births); usage has since declined to 225 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karismas (337 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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Names with a similar popularity rank to Karisma
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karisma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Karisma 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.