Karthik Popularity by Year

Follow Karthik across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Karthik birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	20	#4,857	Up 384 places
2024	Boys	18	#5,241	Down 499 places
2023	Boys	21	#4,742	Down 653 places
2022	Boys	26	#4,089	Up 691 places
2021	Boys	20	#4,780	Down 1,362 places
2020	Boys	32	#3,418	Down 217 places
2019	Boys	36	#3,201	Down 95 places
2018	Boys	37	#3,106	Down 215 places
2017	Boys	41	#2,891	Down 586 places
2016	Boys	57	#2,305	Up 23 places
2015	Boys	56	#2,328	Down 174 places
2014	Boys	63	#2,154	Down 64 places
2013	Boys	64	#2,090	Down 74 places
2012	Boys	69	#2,016	Up 187 places
2011	Boys	59	#2,203	Down 369 places
2010	Boys	79	#1,834	Up 486 places
2009	Boys	56	#2,320	Down 29 places
2008	Boys	57	#2,291	Down 127 places
2007	Boys	62	#2,164	Up 57 places
2006	Boys	57	#2,221	Up 307 places
2005	Boys	44	#2,528	Up 71 places
2004	Boys	41	#2,599	Down 250 places
2003	Boys	45	#2,349	Down 281 places
2002	Boys	52	#2,068	Up 181 places
2001	Boys	45	#2,249	Up 81 places
2000	Boys	41	#2,330	Up 17 places
1999	Boys	38	#2,347	Down 35 places
1998	Boys	38	#2,312	Up 301 places
1997	Boys	30	#2,613	Up 494 places
1996	Boys	23	#3,107	Up 586 places
1995	Boys	17	#3,693	Down 742 places
1994	Boys	24	#2,951	Up 868 places
1993	Boys	16	#3,819	Up 295 places
1992	Boys	14	#4,114	Up 362 places
1991	Boys	12	#4,476	Up 906 places
1990	Boys	9	#5,382	Down 571 places
1989	Boys	10	#4,811	Down 896 places
1988	Boys	12	#3,915	Up 44 places
1987	Boys	11	#3,959	Up 1,373 places
1986	Boys	7	#5,332	Down 634 places
1985	Boys	8	#4,698	Down 483 places
1984	Boys	9	#4,215	Up 1,404 places
1982	Boys	6	#5,619	Down 1,110 places
1981	Boys	8	#4,509	Up 1,336 places
1977	Boys	5	#5,845	—