Karuna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Karuna is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “compassion, kindness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Karuna mean?
Sanskrit
“compassion, kindness”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Karuna a girl's or a boy's name?
Karuna is a girls' name.
How popular is Karuna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Karuna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karuna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Karuna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akshara Avani Krisha Adhara Prisha Arya Anvika Nirvana Kavya Vamika Varnika Viha
Names related to Karuna
More Sanskrit names
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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, “Karuna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karuna, updated 20 October 2026.