Karthikeya — #5176 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karthikeya

The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Karthikeya between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karthikeya currently holds the #5176 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karthikeya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karthikeya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Karthikeya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karthikeya 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 337 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.