Gender-neutral name Sanskrit origin Hindu tradition

Kartik

KAR-tik · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
named for star Krittika
Language
Sanskrit
Culture
Hindu
Religion
Hindu
Style era
timeless
Themes
divine · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—
2024 births11
Peak year2000
First appeared1973
Total US births485
2000 peak19731986199920112024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Karti
Alternate spellings
KarthikKartikeya

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