Recorded 1998–2022 Boys' name Peak 2002 43 births

Utkarsh — boys' name

43 babies named Utkarsh in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s162010s112020s11
2000s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Utkarsh was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

6 babies were named Utkarsh in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Utkarsh

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Utkarsh between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Utkarsh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Utkarsh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Utkarsh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Utkarsh 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 43 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.

Utkarsh at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

43

Since 1998

25 years of records

Peak year

2002

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1998

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2022

Utkarsh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1998

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2002)
6
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
4.555.566.5 20222020201220112008200420021998 5

Utkarsh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
16 births that decade — 37% of Utkarsh's all-time total
1990s52000s162010s112020s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Utkarsh?
43 babies have been named Utkarsh since 1998. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2002 with 6 births.
When was Utkarsh most popular?
Utkarsh was most popular in the 2000s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Utkarsh been used?
Utkarsh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 25 years of data through 2022.

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, 1998–2022 (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.