Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Karma

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Karma
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

375

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1915Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

60.3%

2024

149

All-time

7,470

Karma has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 375 girls were named Karma.

In 2024, only 149 girls were given the name.

Down 60.3% from its peak.

All told, about 7,470 Americans have been named Karma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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