Girls' name · since 1976
Karuna
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Karuna, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karuna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 1976.
Karuna has 144 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2020.
- #23,203 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karuna ranks #23,203 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karuna's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karuna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karuna's full recorded timeline at 2010, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karuna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Karuna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (72 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Karuna's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Karuna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 72 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Karuna's data
- Karuna's decade-level peak was the 2010s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Karuna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
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, 1976–2020 (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 Karuna 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.