Karman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-mun
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Karman is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Karman come from?
Several possible sources: Sanskrit karman 'action, deed' (as in Karmanjit), a Hungarian surname, or a spelling of Carmen
Is Karman a girl's or a boy's name?
Karman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Karman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Karman, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Karman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Carmen 13
- Karman 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Karman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
How popular is Karman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Karman, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Karman in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,016 girls in the US were given Karman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #330, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Karman in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Names like Karman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Krishiv Arjan Avyaan Shivansh Bodhi Ivaan Vivaan Gurman Avi Yuvan
Other spellings of Karman
Names related to Karman
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, “Karman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karman, updated 20 October 2026.