Given name

Swastik

Swastik is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Swastik comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit स्वस्तिक.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

Swastik through the years

Babies since 1880
18
18 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2014
7 babies
2025
5
#13,653 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20142.9
Swastik in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2014–2025, per million boys 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,653 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2014.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Sibling ideas

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