How rare is the name Karma?

6,155 people in the United States have the first name Karma, about 1 in 49,071. It ranks #3,412 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARMA

#3,412

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,155
About
1 in 49,071
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,155 people named Karma, 50.1% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 13% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 89.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karma peaked in 2009, when 386 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
386
In 2025*
135 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,863 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Karma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,891. The largest share of babies named Karma, 38.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,89423
1920s#4,961113
1930s#3,249185
1940s#3,116232
1950s#2,942344
1960s#3,266336
1970s#2,702578
1980s#5,961220
1990s#8,502186
2000s#2,0302,034
2010s#1,8912,494
2020s#2,3421,118
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–648%
Generation X 1965–809.8%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–1238.4%
2013 and later34.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Karma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karma has been most common in Utah (7.2×), Indiana (1.8×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in Minnesota (0.5×).

4,683 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Karma

#3,410 Hue · 6,158#3,411 Lino · 6,157#3,413 Khaled · 6,151#3,414 Cyril · 6,144

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karma, most common first.

#6,156 Karima · 2,635#12,037 Karna · 1,047#40,593 Karema · 183#47,857 Karm · 135

Also a last name

As a last name, Karma ranks #108,965 of 156,621, with 173 people. See Karma as a last name

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