Karthika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karthika

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Karthika between 2009 and 2019, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karthika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karthika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Karthika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karthika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karthika 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 85 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.