Boys' name · since 1974
Kirtan
Kirtan has 185 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kirtan currently ranks #12366 among boys' names in America, with 185 babies recorded since 1974.
Kirtan has 185 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12366 as of the latest data, more common than 11% 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 1974 to 2025.
- #13,440 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,366 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirtan ranks #13,440 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,366 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 185 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kirtan's 185 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kirtan compares
185 36th percentile among 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
Kirtan's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kirtan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kirtan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kirtan splits its recorded history at 2010: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kirtan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kirtan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kirtan's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kirtan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Kirtan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kirtan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Kirtan 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.