Karishma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RISH-ma
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Karishma is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “miracle, charm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Karishma mean?
Persian: Persian karishma, also used in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
“miracle, charm”
From a Persian word for 'miracle' or 'charm', widely used as a girl's name in South Asia.
Is Karishma a girl's or a boy's name?
Karishma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karishma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Karishma, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 44 girls.
Half of all the girls named Karishma in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Karishma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 44 | #638 |
| 1997 | 43 | #657 |
| 1996 | 42 | #634 |
How popular is Karishma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Karishma, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Karishma in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karishma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
Names like Karishma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Radhika Krisha Prisha Anvika Aisha Anisha Saanvika Akshara Anika Hanvika Isha Priya
Names related to Karishma
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Karishma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karishma, updated 20 October 2026.