Boys' name · since 1973
Kartik
Kartik has 495 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,934 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kartik currently ranks #7817 among boys' names in America, with 495 babies recorded since 1973.
Kartik has 495 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7817 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #7,934 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,817 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 495 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kartik ranks #7,934 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,817 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 495 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,934 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kartik's 495 recorded births place it above 82.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kartik compares
495 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Kartik's all-time total is 34% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kartik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 495 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kartik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kartik splits its recorded history at 2004: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kartik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kartik by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (169 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Kartik's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kartik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
169 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 169 births (34% of all-time use).
Kartik by state
Where Kartik concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30 | 6.1% |
30 of 495 births nationwide.
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- Kartik's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (169 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kartiks (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Kartik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Kartik 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.