Karna is a rare variant of Karen that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Karna is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Karna was first reported in SSA data in 1930 and peaked in 1970 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,714 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #11,465 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #11,178 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,123 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,444 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,044 | — |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #5,660 | — |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #4,743 | — |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #4,239 | — |
| 1974 | 19 | — | #3,483 | — |
| 1973 | 17 | — | #3,702 | — |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #3,219 | — |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #3,206 | — |
| 1970 | 30 | — | #2,473 | — |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #3,856 | — |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #3,688 | — |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #3,399 | — |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #3,098 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,326 | — |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #2,630 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,691 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,074 | — |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #3,250 | — |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #4,309 | — |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #3,039 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #3,297 | — |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #2,982 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #4,033 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,503 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,453 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,401 | — |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,729 | — |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,868 | — |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,135 | — |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,498 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,942 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,697 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,824 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,835 | — |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,887 | — |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #4,367 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,755 | — |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,285 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,082 | — |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #4,033 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,900 | — |