MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Karthik mean?
Kārttika is named for the Krittika star group and also denotes an autumn month. The same word names Skanda, associated with the Krittikas. The Krittikas are the cluster known astronomically as the Pleiades.
Pronunciation
IAST: kārtika
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कार्तिक
Letter-by-letter: kārtika
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Kartik
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Karthik in Indian usage
48,590 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 724 records (1.5%).
- Recorded as male: 47,866 records (98.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 412 |
| 1940s | 1,310 |
| 1950s | 2,858 |
| 1960s | 4,770 |
| 1970s | 7,081 |
| 1980s | 11,852 |
| 1990s | 19,995 |
| Other decades | 312 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 18,392 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5,883 |
| Bihar | 5,254 |
| Tripura | 3,268 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,757 |
| Kerala | 2,750 |
| Assam | 2,582 |
| Rajasthan | 1,760 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,469 |
| Haryana | 1,045 |
| Puducherry | 919 |
| Uttarakhand | 851 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 479 |
| Delhi | 353 |
| Maharashtra | 188 |
| Chandigarh | 126 |
| Meghalaya | 122 |
| Goa | 107 |
| Other states | 285 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Karthik / M | 8 | 2,664 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Karthik; Table_6, C2803 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Karthik; Table_6, C2803
- Monier-Williams, kārttika, p. 275,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.