Boys' name · since 2004
Karthikeya
370 babies named Karthikeya in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karthikeya currently ranks #3501 among boys' names in America, with 370 babies recorded since 2004.
Karthikeya has 370 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3501 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, 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 2004 to 2025.
- #9,460 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,501 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 370 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karthikeya ranks #9,460 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,501 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 370 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karthikeya's 370 recorded births place it above 79.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Karthikeya compares
370 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Karthikeya's all-time total is 0% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karthikeya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 370 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 34 | 22,252 |
Karthikeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karthikeya splits its recorded history at 2015: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karthikeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Karthikeya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (208 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Karthikeya's strongest decade.
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Karthikeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
208 births
- 2020s
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 208 births (56% of all-time use).
Karthikeya by state
Where Karthikeya concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 27 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 3.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.4% |
27 of 370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Karthikeya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (208 total births) through the 2020s (128) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Karthikeyas (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Karthikeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Karthikeya 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.