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.
37% of everyone ever named Utkarsh was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Utkarsh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1998
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
43 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 6 births in a single year.
Utkarsh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 16 births that decade — 37% of Utkarsh's all-time total
Utkarsh decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Utkarsh's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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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, 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.