Keerthana — girls' name
338 babies named Keerthana in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
338 girls have been named Keerthana since 1996, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 338
- total births
- 1996–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Keerthana was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Keerthana in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keerthana
The Social Security Administration has registered 338 babies named Keerthana between 1996 and 2019, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keerthana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keerthana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keerthana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keerthana in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keerthana 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 338 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.
Keerthana at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keerthana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1996
- Peak year (2004)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
338 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 27 births in a single year.
Keerthana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 176 births that decade — 52% of Keerthana's all-time total
Keerthana decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keerthana's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Keerthana by state
Where Keerthana concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 8.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 12 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
27 of 338 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.