first name
KARTHIK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,452 people named Karthik, 95.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Karthik peaked in 2010, when 79 babies got the name.
At least 1,495 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Karthik by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #5,221. The largest share of babies named Karthik, 54.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Karthik
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karthik, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karthik ranks #16,993 of 156,621, with 1,634 people. See Karthik as a last name
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