Given name
Kartar
“a master”
Kartar is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a master.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a master.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kartar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,587 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,587 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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