Girls' name · since 2009
Karthika
Karthika has 85 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
85 girls have been named Karthika since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Karthika has 85 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2019.
- #28,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karthika ranks #28,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karthika's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Karthika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karthika splits its recorded history at 2014: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karthika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2019
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Karthika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 93% of the file).
2010s was Karthika's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Karthika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (93% of all-time use).
Karthika by state
Where Karthika concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 5.9% |
5 of 85 births nationwide.
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- New Jersey records the most Karthikas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karthika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Karthika draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.