Karisma
Feminine · “a freely given gift”
Charisma is a gift, in the strict sense: the Greek kharisma means something given freely, from kharis, grace. Early Christian writers used it for the gifts of the spirit, and a German sociologist borrowed it in the twentieth century for the quality that makes people follow a leader. Karisma is the respelling with a k.
How old is the name Karisma?
Karisma first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Karisma alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 2,100 people named Karisma are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Karisma most popular?
Karisma peaked in 2001, reaching #2013 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 2,974 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
Where it comes from
From kharis to Karisma
The story of Karisma
The word traveled a long way in meaning. In Greek it was any freely given gift; in Paul's letters it named the gifts of prophecy, healing and tongues; in the twentieth century a sociologist writing about authority used it for the personal quality that lets someone command loyalty without an office, and from there it entered ordinary English. As a given name it is recent, and it was made visible in the nineteen-nineties by an Indian actress who carried the k spelling.
Meaning
a freely given gift; grace
Greek kharisma, a gift or favor, from kharis, grace or kindness. The New Testament uses it for spiritual gifts, and the modern sense of personal magnetism was introduced into English by twentieth-century sociology.
How the name formed
- kharis
- kharisma
- charisma
- Karisma
Related forms: Charisma · χάρισμα
Pronouncing Karisma
kuh-RIZ-muh
Three syllables, stress in the middle, said exactly like the English word. The k changes only the look.
Nicknames for Karisma
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 200686 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2013reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −7.1%26 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Karisma in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charisma in English — spelling variant
- χάρισμα in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Karismas among us
people named Karisma are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Karisma
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Karisma
- #4987
- Karisma on the 2025 chart
- #900
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Karisma went to 26 girls in 2025, but Kharisma and Karizma are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 60, which makes it the 900th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,087 places above the chart.
- Karisma26
- Kharisma20
- Karizma14
About 1 girl in 26,788 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 61,818 for Karisma itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Aleida test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Karisma's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aleida climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aleida's path sketches the road Karisma is walking now.
Karisma sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Karisma is headed
Karisma is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Karisma beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Karisma in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is documented in Greek, in scripture and in modern sociology.
- Kari works as a short form and is a complete name elsewhere.
- Everyone can say it after hearing it once.
- Charisma is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected often.
- It is a word in ordinary use, and one that describes a quality the child may or may not have.
- Word-names of this kind are read as a claim, which some children carry easily and others do not.
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Frequently asked
- How many Karismas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Karisma are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Karisma?
- Karisma is the most-used spelling in US records — 26 of the 60 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kharisma and Karizma.
- How popular is the name Karisma in 2025?
- Karisma ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Karisma?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Karisma — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Karisma with classmates?
- Karisma will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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