Carma
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Carma by the numbers
Carma was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 76 babies in 1961, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Carma
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Caradear or beloved85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carlafree woman or feminine of Karl274 in the US (2017)
- Carra8 in the US (2017)
- Clarabright, clear610 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Carlya free person; a form of Carla or Carl687 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carma
Names that are said the same way as Carma, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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