Ritvik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RIT-vik
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ritvik is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “priest who sacrifices in season”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Ritvik mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit rtvij
“priest who sacrifices in season”
In Vedic ritual the rtvij were the priests who performed the sacrifice at its proper time.
Is Ritvik a girl's or a boy's name?
Ritvik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ritvik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ritvik, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Ritvik of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Ritvik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Ritvik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Ritvik 8
- Rithwik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Ritvik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Ritvik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Ritvik, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Ritvik than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ritvik in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ritvik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Names like Ritvik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yuvraj Advik Shivansh Rajveer Ravi Vihaan Dhruv Rishiv Ranveer Prithvi Adhvik
Other spellings of Ritvik
Rithwik
Names related to Ritvik
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, “Ritvik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ritvik, updated 20 October 2026.