NameTides

Karthik

Karthik was the #4,857 boys' name in the US in 2025 (20 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Karthik as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Karthik as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Karthik as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,857 (20)#2,664 (8)—
2024#5,241 (18)#4,271 (4)#2,238 (8)
2023#4,742 (21)#3,113 (6)#2,336 (7)
2022#4,089 (26)——
2021#4,780 (20)—#2,812 (5)
2020#3,418 (32)#3,848 (4)#2,013 (8)
2019#3,201 (36)#3,411 (5)#2,756 (5)
2018#3,106 (37)#3,412 (5)#2,403 (6)
2017#2,891 (41)#2,512 (8)—
2016#2,305 (57)#2,804 (7)—
2015#2,328 (56)#3,004 (6)#2,139 (7)
2014#2,154 (63)#3,362 (5)—
2013#2,090 (64)#2,055 (10)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,016 (69)#3,039 (6)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,203 (59)#3,830 (4)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #1,834.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Karthik is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 90,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 65,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karthik by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Karthik (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Karthik (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarthikCanadaBoys—too few
KarthikEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
KarthikNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KarthikUSBoys#4,85720