Carma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAR-ma
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Carma is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Carma come from?
Perhaps a short form of Carmela, or from the word karma
Is Carma a girl's or a boy's name?
Carma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Carma, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Carma in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,786 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,805 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,719 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 54 | #1,524 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,575 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,666 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,456 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 74 | #1,279 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,229 |
| 1958 | 67 | #1,293 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,457 |
| 1956 | 65 | #1,286 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,357 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,367 |
| 1951 | 72 | #1,097 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,250 |
| 1948 | 60 | #1,156 |
| 1947 | 69 | #1,067 |
| 1946 | 56 | #1,130 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,139 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | 67 | #954 |
| 1941 | 57 | #970 |
| 1940 | 63 | #906 |
| 1939 | 60 | #903 |
| 1938 | 59 | #923 |
| 1937 | 56 | #920 |
| 1936 | 68 | #815 |
| 1935 | 75 | #779 |
| 1934 | 73 | #787 |
| 1933 | 56 | #904 |
| 1932 | 59 | #913 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 55 | #968 |
| 1928 | 61 | #954 |
| 1927 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1926 | 51 | #1,045 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,565 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
Names like Carma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carma, updated 20 October 2026.