Harkirat
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- har-KEE-rat
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Harkirat is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “praise of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Harkirat mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, Har + kirat
“praise of God”
Joins Har, 'God', with kirat, 'praise, glory', as in the similar Sikh name Gurkirat.
Is Harkirat a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Harkirat has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 6 boys in the UK.
How popular is Harkirat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Harkirat, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls. 6 boys were also named Harkirat in 2025 (3,329th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Harkirat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50% of the babies named Harkirat in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Harkirat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
Names like Harkirat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gursifat, Anaya, Nimrat, Avneet, Prisha, Gurbani, Haniya, Saanvi, Japneet, Arya, Anvika, Gurnaaz
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gursanjh, Avleen, Anhad
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harkirat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harkirat, updated 20 October 2026.