Kartik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-tik
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Kartik is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “of the Pleiades”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Kartik mean?
Sanskrit: from Karttika, linked to the Krittika (Pleiades)
“of the Pleiades”
Kartik is a Hindu month in October and November, and a name of the war god Kartikeya, raised by the Pleiades.
Is Kartik a girl's or a boy's name?
Kartik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kartik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 189% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kartik, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kartik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Kartik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Kartik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Kartik, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kartik in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kartik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Kartik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yuvraj Advik Shivansh Krishiv Krish Dhruv Vihaan Adhvik Viraj Prithvi Pranav
Names related to Kartik
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veer
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kartik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kartik, updated 20 October 2026.