Karthikeya
#8,639 most common boys' name of all time · #21,799 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 2004–2025
Rank among boys
#8,639
Rank overall
#21,799 of 105,966
First appeared
2004
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
370
Since 2016
231
Peak year
2016 #3,055
Best rank
#3,055 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Karthikeya first appears in 2004. 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 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,502 |
| 2024 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,197 |
| 2023 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,312 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,393 |
| 2021 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,077 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,198 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,777 |
| 2018 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,720 |
| 2017 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,979 |
| 2016 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,055 |
| 2015 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,278 |
| 2014 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,451 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,199 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,585 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,438 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,524 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,723 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,975 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,686 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,527 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,275 |