Given name & surname
Charisma
“blessed with charm”
Charisma is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “blessed with charm.”
Original GreekΧάρισμα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “blessed with charm.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charisma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,815
- 0 boys · 3,815 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 196 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,126 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,126 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 196 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,132 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Charisma’s family of names
Charisma has a related form in Charizma. Charisma has a related form in Charismah. Charisma has a related form in Charizmah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Charisma
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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