Karmah — girls' name
201 babies named Karmah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Karmah was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Karmah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karmah
The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Karmah between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karmah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karmah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karmah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karmah 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 201 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.
Karmah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karmah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
201 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 21 births in a single year.
Karmah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 122 births that decade — 61% of Karmah's all-time total
Karmah decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karmah's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.