Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karm through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,969 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,969 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a first name in 2020; 270 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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