Kritika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIT-i-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kritika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the Pleiades”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kritika mean?
Sanskrit: from Krittika, the Pleiades
“the Pleiades”
From Krittika, the Pleiades star cluster, whose six nursemaids raised the god Kartikeya in Hindu myth.
Is Kritika a girl's or a boy's name?
Kritika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kritika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kritika, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kritika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kritika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
How popular is Kritika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kritika, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Kritika in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kritika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Kritika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anvika Divisha Krisha Akshara Viha Varnika Kridha Saanvika Kavya Avira Radhika
Names related to Kritika
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Kritika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kritika, updated 20 October 2026.