Ekta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ekta

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Ekta between 1984 and 2005, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ekta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ekta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ekta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ekta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ekta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 112 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.