Girls' name · since 1915
Karma
Karma has 7,593 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,593
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
7,593 babies have been named Karma since 1915, making it today's #1706 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karma has been recorded 7,593 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #1706 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #1,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,706 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,593 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karma ranks #1,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,706 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,593 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,593
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karma's 7,593 recorded births place it above 97.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karma compares
7,593 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Karma's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,593 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 375 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karma's full recorded timeline at 1971, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 375 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karma popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 375
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Karma popularity over time - boys
270 total births recorded since 2002 (Karma as boys' name)
Karma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,376 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Karma's strongest decade.
2,376 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Karma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 113
1920s
113 births
- 1930s 185
1930s
185 births
- 1940s 232
1940s
232 births
- 1950s 344
1950s
344 births
- 1960s 336
1960s
336 births
- 1970s 578
1970s
578 births
- 1980s 220
1980s
220 births
- 1990s 186
1990s
186 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,984 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,376 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,016 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,376 births (31% of all-time use).
How Karma 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 Karma's total volume
Karma by state
Where Karma concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 479 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 426 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 294 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Utah | | 281 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 273 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 233 | 3.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 227 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 215 | 2.8% |
479 of 7,593 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Karma appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karma's data
- Karma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,376 total births) through the 2020s (1,016) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Karmas (479 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Karma
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Karma 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.