girl's name

Karna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 532

Karna is a girl's name. In 2000 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1930.

Karna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2000, not a full ten years.

166
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '00
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Births named Karna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 25
1940s 60
1950s 116
1960s 141
1970s 166
1980s 15
2000s (to 2000) 6

How popular is Karna?

In 2000, Karna was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Karna is used

England & Wales #3,348 3 in 2001
United States #9,129 6 in 2000

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Karna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Karna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Karna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Karna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Karna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Karna

How popular is the name Karna?

In 2000, Karna was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Karna a girl's or a boy's name?

Karna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Karna most popular?

Karna peaked in 1970, when 30 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.