Kartika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kartika

The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Kartika between 1967 and 1973, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kartika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kartika performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kartika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kartika 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 13 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.