Charisma

Where Charisma comes from

From the common noun charisma, from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma).
— Wiktionary's entry for Charisma
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #2,874 among girls, 20 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #1,060
    196 babies named Charisma — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,295.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.