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Girl name

Karna

99% girls · last recorded 2000

Karna has been given to about 529 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 459
Median age today60 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Karna per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1970 · 30
  • Born in 20250
  • All time529

How popular is Karna?

Its best year was 1970, when 30 babies were given the name, ranking 2473rd. The typical living American called Karna is about 60 years old today.

Names that sound like Karna

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Karina0.82
  2. Kara0.79
  3. Karla0.79
  4. Carina0.79
  5. Karma0.79
  6. Carla0.75
  7. Cara0.75
  8. Katrina0.74

Middle names for Karna

Ranked by flow score
  1. Karna Josephine0.84
  2. Karna Rose0.83
  3. Karna Louise0.83
  4. Karna June0.82
  5. Karna Pearl0.82
  6. Karna Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Karna

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Gwensister · 0.64
  2. Margosister · 0.63
  3. Pennysister · 0.63
  4. Rockybrother · 0.61
  5. Chrisbrother · 0.60
  6. Wadebrother · 0.60

Where Karna is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Karna White0.78
    2. Karna Reyes0.78
    3. Karna Nguyen0.78
    4. Karna Moore0.78
    5. Karna Lee0.78
    6. Karna Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Karna

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.