How Many People Are Named Karthik?
people named Karthik are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 232,348 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,495 babies named Karthik in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Southern Indian form of KARTIK.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Karthik in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karthik alive today is about 17 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karthik first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2010, to 79 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karthik has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,846, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #4,948.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,948 |
| Best rank | #1,846 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,327 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karthik alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karthik were born in California than in any other state: about 226 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karthik was given 5.3 times as often in New Jersey, 3.4 times in California and 2.4 times in Texas.
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