NameTides

Karma

Karma was the #1,703 girls' name in the US in 2025 (120 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Karma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Karma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Karma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,703 (120)#4,201 (5)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,457 (150)#4,844 (4)—
2023#1,202 (199)#5,688 (3)#3,290 (5)
2022#1,325 (177)#3,149 (7)#3,228 (5)
2021#1,301 (174)#4,634 (4)#2,377 (8)
2020#1,183 (196)#3,447 (6)#1,662 (13)
2019#1,203 (194)#4,001 (5)#1,408 (17)
2018#1,223 (191)#3,178 (7)#2,151 (9)
2017#1,172 (210)#4,063 (5)#1,506 (15)
2016#1,210 (204)—#1,600 (14)
2015#1,175 (214)#2,705 (9)#1,312 (18)
2014#1,026 (254)#5,691 (3)#1,786 (12)
2013#959 (263)#3,536 (6)#1,057 (24)
2012#901 (291)#2,717 (9)#1,194 (21)
2011#988 (258)#4,764 (4)#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #760.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 89% of US babies named Karma were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Karma is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Karma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarmaCanadaGirls#2,4758
KarmaCanadaBoys—too few
KarmaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
KarmaEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
KarmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarmaUSGirls#1,703120
KarmaUSBoys#5,86115