Karma

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karma: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,854 in 2007, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1854highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2006	#2320
2007	#1854
2008	#3397
2009	#2535
2010	#3533
2011	#4764
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#2705
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#4634
2022	#3148
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1854 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Karma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 141 births with the name.

Karma across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#1854 (2007)	#4843 (2024)	25 of 28	141 (1997–2024)	13 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#4052 (2006)	#4001 (2022)	#4270 (2024)	4 of 19	14 (2006–2024)	4 (2022)

Karma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	57	9 of 10	6
2010s	54	9 of 10	6
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Karma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1854 in England and Wales in 2007.

Karma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,854, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Karlos · #2319, 19y
Karly · #366, 22y
Karmen · #1854, 25y
Karol · #75, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aarushi · #1854, 22y
Karmen · #1854, 25y
Kiarah · #1854, 21y
Emirhan · #1851, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Karmen · #1854, 25y
Saffah · #1854, 18y
Redwan · #1851, 18y
Ahron · #1850, 22y

Karma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karma without appearing here.

Karma moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.

Moved ahead of Karma

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Dylan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1854 and #2085 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #1516.

Moved the opposite way to Karma

Dylan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3247 to #4843 while Dylan went from #3912 to #1743.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3247 to #4843 while Marilyn went from #3247 to #1541.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3197 to #4843 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Karma

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3824 to #5687 and Kristin from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3824 to #5687 and Therese from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3824 to #5687 and Tracey from #1450 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karma went from #3247 to #4843 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1854 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karma

Karma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karma across 2 official records

Karma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Karma and the names beside it

Karma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karma

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Moved the same way as Karma

Karma at a glance

Karma across 2 official records

Karma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Karma and the names beside it

Karma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karma

Moved the opposite way to Karma

Moved the same way as Karma