Kirat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIR-at
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Kirat is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “honest work”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Kirat mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, from kirat
“honest work”
Kirat karni, earning an honest living, is one of the three pillars of Sikhism.
Is Kirat a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 3 boys in the UK.
How popular is Kirat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Kirat, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. 3 boys were also named Kirat in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kirat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Kirat in the UK in 2012, and 77% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Kirat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
Names like Kirat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nimrat Japneet Avneet Khivi Ayat Arya Gurnaaz Prisha Aadhya Gursifat Raya Saanvi
Names related to Kirat
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, “Kirat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirat, updated 20 October 2026.