Carma

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
#779
1935 · 75 births
Debut · girls
1897
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,169
since 1897

Carma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carma has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #779, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#11,1228
2023#7,64014
2022#10,3839
2021#11,1468
2020#5,66721
2019#6,69817
2018#5,61922
2017#6,04420
2016#7,60215
2015#4,48831
2014#4,45532
2013#4,07636
2012#4,21635
2011#4,68130
2010#4,02337
2009#4,01338
2008#3,77942
2007#4,13137
2006#3,66942
2005#3,46143
2004#14,1796
2003#7,58014
2002#7,04515
2001#8,75811
2000#11,8017
1999#7,23913
1998#6,71914
1997—
1996#7,13012
1995—
1994#7,09712
1993—
1992#11,7386
1991#11,5096
1990#6,86712
1989#6,95511
1988#7,11110
1987#8,7787
1986#5,75712
1985#5,67812
1984#3,87420
1983#3,24225
1982#4,16718
1981#3,62522
1980#3,85320
1979#3,44223
1978#4,24216
1977#3,17624
1976#3,09523
1975#2,23237
1974#2,13338
1973#1,93942
1972#1,78648
1971#1,80549
1970#1,71953
1969#2,02338
1968#1,67848
1967#1,52454
1966#1,71543
1965#1,57550
1964#1,66648
1963#1,47857
1962#1,45658
1961#1,26876
1960#1,28074
1959#1,23075
1958#1,29467
1957#1,45853
1956#1,28765
1955#1,33457
1954#1,18671
1953#1,35851
1952#1,36850
1951#1,09872
1950#1,17162
1949#1,25153
1948#1,15760
1947#1,06869
1946#1,13156
1945#1,18744
1944#1,14047
1943#1,12451
1942#95467
1941#97057
1940#90663
1939#90360
1938#92359
1937#92056
1936#81568
1935#77975
1934#78773
1933#90456
1932#91359
1931#1,01048
1930#95658
1929#96855
1928#95461
1927#1,05753
1926#1,04551
1925#1,16044
1924#1,61228
1923#1,63726
1922#1,08949
1921#1,47631
1920#1,66625
1919#1,56526
1918#1,96319
1917#1,43127
1916#1,58123
1915#1,43925
1914#1,30323
1913#1,67013
1912#1,84410
1911#1,9567
1910#2,3985
1909#1,4719
1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615
1906#1,9515
1905#1,6966
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Carma! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1897–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carma
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
  • 4,440 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #10,107)
  • 5,619 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 117 spots in 1934 (#904 → #787)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1943 (#954 → #1,124)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1935 at #779 (75 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1932–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,981
  • Highest: 1 in 13,981 girls born in 1935 were named Carma (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 14.9% of all girls named Carma (623) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s31#1,471 (1909)#1,808
1910s178#1,303 (1914)#1,715
1920s423#954 (1928)#1,266
1930s612#779 (1935)#891
1940s567#906 (1940)#1,089
1950s623#1,098 (1951)#1,278
1960s546#1,268 (1961)#1,566
1970s353#1,719 (1970)#2,557
1980s157#3,242 (1983)#5,304
1990s75#6,719 (1998)#8,328
2000s255#3,461 (2005)#6,842
2010s275#4,023 (2010)#5,190
2020s69#5,667 (2020)#9,344

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carma in 1965

girls
#1,575
50 births · 1 in 35,303 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,575Carma50
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 35,303 of them was named Carma, which outranked 79.1% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carma
  1. #1,561Piper51
  2. #1,561Tama51
  3. #1,561Thresa51
  4. #1,575Carma50
  5. #1,575Arnita50
  6. #1,575Caprice50
  7. #1,575Carlyn50
  8. #1,595Annabel49
  9. #1,595Brunilda49
  10. #1,595Carroll49

Tied with 19 names at #1,575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965 →