Girls' name · since 1986
Kharisma
Kharisma has 482 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 482
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
482 babies have been named Kharisma since 1986, making it today's #5996 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kharisma has been recorded 482 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #5996 nationally and more common than 65% 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 1986 to 2025.
- #12,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,996 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 482 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kharisma ranks #12,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,996 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 482 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 482
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kharisma's 482 recorded births place it above 83.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Kharisma compares
482 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Kharisma's all-time total is 28% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kharisma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 482 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kharisma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kharisma splits its recorded history at 2008: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kharisma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kharisma by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (145 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Kharisma's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kharisma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
145 births
- 2010s
2010s
133 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 145 births (30% of all-time use).
Kharisma by state
Where Kharisma concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 482 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kharisma's data
- Kharisma's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (145 total births) through the 2020s (114) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kharismas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kharisma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Kharisma 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.