Karthik
#3,750 most common boys' name of all time · #9,148 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among boys
#3,750
Rank overall
#9,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
1,495
Since 2016
308
Peak year
2010 #1,840
Best rank
#1,840 2010
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Karthik first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,934 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,317 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,801 |
| 2022 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,124 |
| 2021 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,839 |
| 2020 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,449 |
| 2019 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,229 |
| 2018 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,141 |
| 2017 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,917 |
| 2016 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,323 |
| 2015 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,343 |
| 2014 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,166 |
| 2013 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,107 |
| 2012 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,025 |
| 2011 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,217 |
| 2010 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,840 |
| 2009 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,336 |
| 2008 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,316 |
| 2007 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,178 |
| 2006 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,237 |
| 2005 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,623 |
| 2003 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,375 |
| 2002 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,082 |
| 2001 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,265 |
| 2000 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,362 |
| 1999 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,385 |
| 1998 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,338 |
| 1997 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,662 |
| 1996 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,175 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,802 |
| 1994 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,013 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,972 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,272 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,686 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,669 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,067 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,114 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,198 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,769 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,053 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,504 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,193 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,906 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,756 |