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How popular is “Karma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Karma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Karma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Karma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Karma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Karma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Karma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Karma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 100%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 24 0.000008503 24 100%
1944 26 0.000009665 26 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1946 33 0.000010328 33 100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 100%
1957 50 0.000011899 50 100%
1958 54 0.000013063 54 100%
1959 47 0.000011304 47 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 100%
1962 42 0.000010408 42 100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 100%
1970 66 0.0000183 66 100%
1971 77 0.000022434 77 100%
1972 65 0.000020681 65 100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 100%
1974 71 0.000023355 71 100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 48 0.000015819 48 100%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 100%
1979 40 0.000012023 40 100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 100%
1983 40 0.00001155 40 100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 23 0.000006187 23 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 30 0.000008274 30 100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 100%
1999 40 0.000010829 40 100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 100%
2001 71 0.000018967 71 100%
2002 66 0.000017655 61 5 85%
2003 58 0.000015254 58 100%
2004 101 0.000026433 94 7 86%
2005 298 0.000077506 298 100%
2006 322 0.000081391 313 9 94%
2007 331 0.000082798 325 6 96%
2008 345 0.000087771 333 12 93%
2009 386 0.000101042 375 11 94%
2010 308 0.000083339 297 11 93%
2011 267 0.000072995 258 9 93%
2012 305 0.000083393 291 14 91%
2013 270 0.000074061 263 7 95%
2014 263 0.000070959 254 9 93%
2015 224 0.000060526 214 10 91%
2016 217 0.000059149 204 13 88%
2017 219 0.000061238 209 10 91%
2018 211 0.000060013 191 20 81%
2019 209 0.000060214 194 15 86%
2020 213 0.000063761 196 17 84%
2021 184 0.00005431 174 10 89%
2022 200 0.000059117 176 24 76%
2023 220 0.000066441 199 21 81%
2024 163 0.000048971 149 14 83%

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