Given name

Kirti

“having fame and glory”

In English use, Kirti has a related form in Keerthi. One Indian interpretation is “having fame and glory.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In English use, Kirti has a related form in Keerthi. One Indian interpretation is “having fame and glory.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

In English use, Kirti has a related form in Keerthi. An origin associated with Keerthi is Indian.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Sanskrit कीर्ति (“fame, renown, glory”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kirti through the years

Babies since 1880
69
0 boys · 69 girls
Most popular year
2003
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Kirti in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1986–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,186 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.

Kirti’s family of names

In English usage, Kirti has a related form in Keerthi. In English usage, Kirti has a related form in Keerthi. In English usage, Kirti has a related form in KEERTI.

Walk Kirti’s family in the name graph

KirtiKirtieKeerthiKeertiKirthi

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Kirti

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Kirti, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kaitin

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>99% girls

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Kiyanah

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Tshanti

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Kytalin

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>99% girls

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Kaidra

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>99% girls

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Kaelah

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>99% girls

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Keili

11Very rare

>99% girls

Indian · Modern

Shanti

“one who is peaceful; tranquil”

17Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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