Karna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karna

The Social Security Administration has registered 523 babies named Karna between 1930 and 1985, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Karna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karna 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 523 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.