Kirpa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIR-pa
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Kirpa is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “grace, mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Kirpa mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, from Sanskrit kripa
“grace, mercy”
Kirpa, the grace of God, is a central idea in Sikh teaching.
Is Kirpa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirpa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kirpa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Kirpa, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Kirpa of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Kirpa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Kirpa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
How popular is Kirpa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Kirpa, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Kirpa in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirpa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Kirpa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Arya, Krisha, Anvika, Khivi, Aadhya, Kridha, Viha, Gurnaaz, Kriva, Saanvi, Kavya
Names related to Kirpa
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), 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, “Kirpa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirpa, updated 20 October 2026.