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Karma

A name meaning "action, deed, fate".

Usage languagesBhutanese, multiple languages
US rank (2025)#1,703

Meaning and history

Karma is a name derived from the Sanskrit word कर्म (karma), meaning “action,” “deed,” or “fate.”

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 313 births, rank #855
2007: 325 births, rank #862
2008: 333 births, rank #845
2009: 375 births, rank #760
2010: 297 births, rank #892
20112011: 258 births, rank #988
2012: 291 births, rank #901
2013: 263 births, rank #959
2014: 254 births, rank #1,026
2015: 214 births, rank #1,175
20162016: 204 births, rank #1,210
2017: 210 births, rank #1,172
2018: 191 births, rank #1,223
2019: 194 births, rank #1,203
2020: 196 births, rank #1,183
20212021: 174 births, rank #1,301
2022: 177 births, rank #1,325
2023: 199 births, rank #1,202
2024: 150 births, rank #1,457
20252025: 120 births, rank #1,703

Karma moved from #901 to #960 for girls between 2012 and 2013. Its highest annual birth count came in 2009, with 375 births.